tobaccoy
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]tobaccoy (comparative more tobaccoy, superlative most tobaccoy)
- Dated form of tobaccoey.
- 1841, Joseph Hewlett, Theodore Edward Hook, Peter Priggins, the College Scout, volume 3, page 267:
- Tim was right, for Jilks felt very sick, and would have dropped from his perch if Blowhard and Straddle had not rushed to him, and, supporting him on each side, taken him out of the tobaccoy atmosphere into the open air.
- 1883, Joseph Hatton, A modern Ulysses, volume 3, page 45:
- […] the stale “tobaccoy” smell of the “Angel,” […]