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stemmo [< Algonk.; cf. Cree chistamaw]

• n. tobacco. Also spelled stemow, stimu.

  • 1743  (1949)  [tobacco in Generall che stem mo]
  • 1927  (1933)  P.S. here is a 1/2 fig of stimu for your nose warmer.
  • 1952  . . . I found myself selecting at Battleford an assortment of trade goods: blankets, strouds, prints, stemow (tobacco). . . .
  • 1953  Ogohko stuffed his pipe with still more of the sergeant's precious, dwindling stemmo. . . .