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canaster|kəˈnæstə(r)|
[a. Sp. canastra, canasta (Fr. canastre, It. canestra):—L. *canastrum, canistrum, a. Gr. κάναστρον basket. Cf. canister.]
1. A rush basket used to pack tobacco in.
2. A kind of tobacco made of the dried leaves coarsely broken, so called from the rush basket in which it was formerly imported.
1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 196 The best tobacco.. the Dutch Canaster. 1850Thackeray Imit. Horace, Meanwhile I will smoke my canaster, And tipple my ale. 1853Blackw. Mag. LXXIV. 132 The dried leaves, coarsely broken, are sold as canaster or knaster. |