Boer tobacco, noun phrase

/ˌbʊə təˈbækəʊ/
Forms:
Also Boar tobacco, Boers’ tobacco, and with small initial.
Origin:
South African DutchShow more Partial translation of South African Dutch boertabak, boer farmer(’s) + tabak tobacco.
Home-cured tobacco, made for chewing, smoking, or use as snuff; Boer sense 1 c. Also attributive.
1832 Graham’s Town Jrnl 13 Jan. 12Public Sale...Brazil Tobacco, Boers’ do., Raisins.
1842 J. Collett Accounts. II.Shoemakers Tacks, red Handk., Boers tobacco.
1857 T. Shone Diary. 11 Sept.Bought from R.d Bradfield ½ lb of boers tobacco, paid /6 for it.
1864 T. Shone Diary. V. 84J.K. gave me a foot of Boar tobacco.
1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 80Collarless, bare-armed, unshorn, he puffed coarse boer tobacco from a short clay pipe.
1882 C. Du Val With Show through Sn Afr. II. 191They thought a golden opportunity for a little speculation in the Boer tobacco line had arrived; so roll upon roll of the dried leaves purchased from a local trader were piled up.
1896 M.A. Carey-Hobson At Home in Tvl 76There was a large roll of Boer Tobacco, a small square board for cutting it upon, with a knife lying open, all ready.
1924 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Jhb. 23These men who had been used to scanty pay — oft deferred — and whose only pleasures consisted of the delights found in coffee, dop brandy and Boer tobacco.
1941 C.W. De Kiewiet Hist. of S. Afr. 251Poor wine unattractive to foreign palates, bad brandy, good only for the Kafir trade, Boer tobacco or the notorious ‘Pondo’ leaf which caused experienced smokers to blanch.
1968 K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 25The smell of that delightful shop remains with me to this day, compounded as it was of the aroma of brown sugar, leather, soap, great twists of Boer tobacco and spices.
c1976 H. Flather Thaba Rau 114You’d have been squatting on your mealie patch, smoking your Boer tobacco, and watching you wife do the work — happy as a moron.
1986 W. Steenkamp Blake’s Woman 83Twists of vicious-looking Boer tobacco.
Home-cured tobacco, made for chewing, smoking, or use as snuff; Boer sense 1 c. Also attributive.
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