wacky tobacky
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wacky tobacky
1970–75; rhyming compound < wacky ( def. ) + tobacky (an informal U.S. regional term for tobacco ( def. ) )
Example Sentences
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Backed by a jazz trio and assisted by Michael Lanahan as a “hip news” reader, Mr. Broder, holding a cigarette that may or may not be wacky tobacky, throws himself into the routines.
From New York Times
Wacky tobacky reflects one of the hottest political issues of recent years: legalizing marijuana.
From Time
This week Brooks responded to Colorado and Washington state’s recent decriminalization of marijuana with a retrospective on his own experience smoking the wacky tobacky.
From Slate
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