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thistle twist tobacco Fur Trade, Hist. 
a slender, twisted plug of tobacco once common in the old Northwest.
See also: niggerhead tobacco
- 1952 Thistle Twist tobacco, commonly known as "niggerhead," was also widely used [c1905], sometimes being mixed with the bark of the red willow which the Indians called kinnikkinick.
- 1952 Thistle Twist tobacco, commonly known as "niggerhead," was also widely used [c1905], sometimes being mixed with the bark of the red willow which the Indians called kinnikkinick.