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carrot [< Cdn F carotte (de tabac)] Hist. 
1 n. a bundle of carrot tobacco.
See also: carrot tobacco
- 1778 (1904) I gave him two gallons of rum, and a carrot of tobacco. . . .
- 1809 (1897) A common horse can be bought here [among the Blackfeet] for a carrot of tobacco, which weighs about three pounds, and costs in Canada four shillings.
- 1961 [Caption] Hudson's Bay Company traded many things to the Indians. Among the most popular items . . . were "carrots" . . . or packages of tobacco wrapped in cloth and twine. . . .
2 n. tobacco packaged in carrot-shaped bundles wrapped in cloth and twine, weighing about three pounds and about eighteen inches long, prominent among trade goods of the fur companies.
See also: carrot tobacco
- 1944 As more and more natives became cigarette smokers, carrot and twist (or "niggerhead") were going into the discard.
- 1778 (1904) I gave him two gallons of rum, and a carrot of tobacco. . . .