tobacco road

noun

a squalid and impoverished rural community.

Tobacco Road

(1932) A novel by the American author Erskine Caldwell, about a family of sharecroppers (see sharecropping) from Georgia and their many tragedies.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tobacco Road¹

From the novel of the same name (1932) by U.S. author Erskine Caldwell (1903–87)

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Example Sentences

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It’s all led to an emotional reconnection with past glory on Tobacco Road, including this time a generation that has never seen anything like this before.

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None of the double-digit seeds have even made it to the national championship game, but Wolfpack fans chanted “Why not us, why not us?” before their team cut down the nets in Big D — about 1,200 miles from Tobacco Road where the N.C.

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It would be a “great games” list without one matchup along Tobacco Road.

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Starting in August 2024, the league with Tobacco Road roots in North Carolina will increase its number of football schools to 17 and 18 in most other sports, with Notre Dame remaining a football independent.

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Packer was viewed as a controversial figure during his broadcasting days, often drawing the ire of college basketball fans, particularly on North Carolina’s “Tobacco Road.”