canaster

/ ˈkænəstə /

noun

1. coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves

Word History and Origins

Origin of canaster¹

C19: (meaning: rush basket in which tobacco was packed): from Spanish canastro; see canister

Example Sentences

Canaster, ka-nas′tėr, n. a kind of tobacco, so called from the rush basket in which it was originally brought from Spanish America.

From Project Gutenberg

When he had done this, he kindly offered his hand to Peter, added a few more words of salutary advice which he might carry on his way, puffed and blew still faster, and finally disappeared in a cloud of smoke, which smelled of genuine Dutch canaster, and, slowly curling upwards, vanished amidst the tops of the pines.

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"Amandus von Nebelstern, Virginia canaster, carrots, sausages," quoth Herr Dapsul von Zabelthau to his daughter very reflectively.

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And while the sea-captains—serious men, attired in blue cloth, wearing rings in their ears—sat and smoked canaster and other queer tobaccos in painted china pipes, and talked of countries whose very names conjured up visions of parrots, and carved idols, and sharks, and brown natives in flashing canoes, Master Simon would put a shrewd question or two and wag his head over the answers as a man who hears just what he expected.

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And when it has served for the master,    ’Twill amply suffice for the maid; Meanwhile I will smoke my canaster,    And tipple my ale in the shade.”

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