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A traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening, produced by boiling or steeping strong tobacco in water.
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Tobacco water — or tobacco dust juice is a traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening. In The English Physician Enlarged of 1681, Nicholas Culpeper recommends tobacco juice to kill lice on children s heads, referencing it as an insecticide poison … Wikipedia
tobacco water — noun also tobacco liquor : an extract of tobacco used (as in gardening) as an insecticide … Useful english dictionary
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water pipe — noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola • Syn: ↑hookah, ↑narghile,… … Useful english dictionary
Tobacco Protest — The Tobacco Protest, a Shi a clerical led revolt against tobacco concessions granted to the Western imperial power of Great Britain, occurred in Persia (Iran) in 1891. The protest was one of the first times the Iranian religious elite succeeded… … Wikipedia
tobacco pipe — noun a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco • Syn: ↑pipe • Hypernyms: ↑tube, ↑tubing • Hyponyms: ↑briar, ↑briar pipe, ↑calabash, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
