"cavendish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Possibly from the name of the original manufacturer. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cavendish (uncountable)
  1. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Tobacco Synonyms: Cavendish Derived forms: cut cavendish
    Sense id: en-cavendish-en-noun-gbVijZcV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1919, Richard Harding Davis, The Exiles and Other Stories:",
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          "text": "No man less; only he (not Vieuxbois, but his younger brother) has found a wide-awake cooler than an iron kettle, and travels by rail when he is at home; and when he was in the Crimea, rode a shaggy pony, and smoked cavendish all through the battle of Inkermann.\" \"",
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          "ref": "1868, George A. Lawrence, Guy Livingstone;:",
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