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ROPE TOBACCO [1 record]

Record 1 2016-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tobacco Industry
DEF

Cured(aged) tobacco leaves twisted together like a rope.

CONT

In Virginia, twist was made by twisting tobacco leaves into a tight rope... Other twists were made by braiding tobacco leaves into a rope. In Tenessee and Kentucky twist tobacco was made into a loop called a "pigtail. "

OBS

Twist tobacco is a form of chewing tobacco, a type of smokeless tobacco.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du tabac
OBS

Le tabac à mâcher se fabrique sous forme de rôles, composés de feuilles tordues de façon à constituer une corde.

OBS

Le tabac en corde est une présentation du tabac à mâcher, un type de tabac sans fumée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria tabacalera
CONT

Tabaco para mascar: viene en hojas sueltas, rollos o trenzados que deben mascarse para liberar la nicotina.

CONT

Se considera tabaco de mascar, el tabaco presentado en rollos, en barras, en tiras, en cubos o en placas [...] especialmente preparado para ser mascado pero no fumado.

OBS

El trenzado es una forma de tabaco para mascar, que es un tipo de tabaco sin humo.

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