Meanings
- AustraliauncountableStrong, rough tobacco of the kind issued to Aboriginal labourers on a rural property.First known use 20th c.
‘You wouldn't happen to have a taj of nigger-twist on you?’ asked I.
2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 3042 more examples
‘Did you require much capital to start out here, Bob?’ I inquired. ‘Just on one hundred pounds, a couple of pack-mules, a saddle, a few old bags and a bit of wire, a case of nigger twist tobacco, an axe, - and a rifle thrown in.’
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 239It was used for ‘nigger twist’ tobacco and sent to the islands during the war.
1952 July 6, Sunday Mail, BrisbaneSynonyms: nigger tobacco
Synonyms & antonyms
nounStrong, rough tobacco of the kind issued to Aboriginal labourers on a rural property.
Origin
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