Word of the Day:
carotte
What It Means
A cylindrical roll of tobacco
a carotte of perique
Carotte in Context
“He himself was obviously a non-smoker, and probably a total abstainer as well. I do not like to end this factual account of my smoking life with hard thoughts about a non-smoking official who deprived me of a carotte of tobacco.”
Did You Know?
From French carotte. Doublet of carrot.
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