Meanings
plural carottes · alternative carot
- A cylindrical roll of tobacco
a carotte of perique
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He himself was obviously a non-smoker, and probably a total abstainer as well. I do not like to end this factual account of my smoking life with hard thoughts about a non-smoking official who deprived me of a carotte of tobacco.
1957, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Sublime Tobacco
Origin
- Frenchcarotte
- Englishcarotte
From French carotte. Doublet of carrot.
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carotte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotte
“carotte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotte. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carotte,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotte.
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