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twist Fur Trade, Hist.

• n. tobacco prepared in twisted ropes, prominent among the trade goods of the fur companies.

  See also: North West twist  

  • 1776  (1901)  Tobacco, when sold, fetched one beaver-skin per foot of Spencer's twist.
  • 1944  As more and more natives became cigarette smokers, carrot and twist (or "niggerhead") are going into the discard.
  • 1956  (1957)  The man was chewing twist and browning his sandy stubble with it.