caporal
1a variety of tobacco.
Origin of caporal
1Words Nearby caporal
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an overseer, especially of a cattle ranch.
Origin of caporal
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How to use caporal in a sentence
A brown packet of caporal and a book of cigarette-papers—a cigarette rolled—how good it would be!
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeHe entered the shop and emerged, not with caporal and cigarette-papers, but with the twelve Honduras stamps.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeHe produced a short briar-root pipe, and stuffed it with the last shreds of French caporal tobacco that remained in his pouch.
In Friendship's Guise | Wm. Murray GraydonTwo others,—one an extremely small animal, called the “petit caporal,”—were favoured with places in the interior.
Dog Breaking | William Nelson HutchinsonHe took up his porcelain pipe and filled it from the blue packet of caporal that lay on the table with the oilskin cover.
The Belovd Vagabond | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for caporal
/ (ˌkæpəˈrɑːl) /
a strong coarse dark tobacco
Origin of caporal
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