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carrot tobacco Hist. 
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
- 1766 Manufactured and to be sold by Mathew Gemmil, Tobacconist . . . Roll Tobacco in all its different Kinds . . . likewise Carot Tobacco. . . .
- 1878 Tea is sold at 40c to 50c; sugar 20c; carrot tobacco $2.25 per roll.
- 1947 "Carrot tobacco" was not tobacco made from carrots, but tobacco put up in the shape of carrots.
- 1766 Manufactured and to be sold by Mathew Gemmil, Tobacconist . . . Roll Tobacco in all its different Kinds . . . likewise Carot Tobacco. . . .