shag
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9.1
- noun
- /ʃæɡ/
- UK
:
tabaco de liar
- This small domestic task accomplished, for fear of his housekeeper's wrath, he returned to the study and granted himself the blessing of a pipe of brandied shag.
- shag cut
- pipe of shag
Examples
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Without waiting to be asked, he used his big red hands to fill and tamp a briar pipe with shag tobacco before starting his report.
Fiction book (1994) -
Nolan knocked my head on the edge of a trashcan to remove my dead embers, then restuffed me with shag and lit up.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Got some papers and shag."
Fiction book (2002) -
His shag pad smelled like the inside of Jeffrey Dahmer's refrigerator.
Fiction book (2000) -
They fixed themselves a hearty meal and lounged on the open deck, eating and passing around a pipe of shag.
Fiction book (1994) -
Any good criminologist will tell you that Sherlock Holmes, by his own admission, sometimes unraveled a case by spending the night "sitting upon five pillows and consuming an ounce of shag."
Fiction book (1999) -
He rolled a cigarette with shag tobacco, enjoying the rich, robust flavor.
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The old man preferred to smoke his pipe filled with quality shag that he sourced from a local shop.
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She packed her pouch with aromatic shag and took a moment to savor the scent before rolling her next cigarette.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shag for tobacco gets its name from the way the leaves are torn into loose, rough strands that look a bit like hair, so a helpful way to remember it is to picture 'shaggy' fibers of tobacco you can roll by hand. That's why this shredded, coarse tobacco is called shag.