burley
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8.7
- noun
- /ˈbɜrli/
- Specialized
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burley
- Nevertheless, most Burley producers question the wisdom of growing uncontracted tobacco (Bickers 2009), and the buyout program has been especially attractive to small farmers who no longer have a convenient place to sell their crop.
- burley tobacco
- burley growers
Examples
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Each year, Kentucky burley tobacco growers employ an average of 7,000 migrant workers to harvest and hang tobacco (Rural Migration News, 1996).
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Optimists hope to increase sales in China, which consumes around 30 percent of the world's cigarettes and uses less Burley than do standard American blends (Pratt 2009).
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Burley is an air-cured tobacco.
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I've been smoking your wonderful Classic Burley Kake and enjoying it immensely.
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Most of the holdouts were Amishmen who refused to accept government payments; some of them have switched to growing Burley, which fetches a better price.
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BURLEY TOBACCO: Burley tobacco makes up around one-third of a standard American-blend cigarette, and it is also a popular pipe tobacco.
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Malawi is a case in point; large tobacco estate owners used the power of the state to forbid small farmers from growing burley tobacco, a major source of export earnings.
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Beef cattle and burley tobacco farms prosper on the fertile, limestone-derived soils.
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In Kentucky, many farmers grow burley tobacco because it is essential for cigarette production.
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The unique flavor of burley makes it a popular choice for blending in various tobacco products.
Synonyms
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9.9
Tobacco that you roll into cigarettes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burley for tobacco probably comes from a place or family called 'Burley', because people often name a crop after where it came from. Think of a 'Burley' farm where light leaves are air cured for cigarettes, which is why burley means that kind of tobacco.