occabot en · NOUN
Etymology
Backslang for tobacco.
Meanings
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(archaic, qualifier:costermongers, uncountable) Tobacco.
He took gayer and more commodious apartments, to suit the taste of the lady, who could not think of any residence not including a complete suite of rooms; his gorg was therefore transformed into eniw, and his occabot into sweet scented sragic.
1826, George Wood, The Rambles of Redbury Rook, page 177:To discover the kind of entertainment, a lad near me and my companion was asked "if there was any flash dancing." With a knowing wink the boy answered "Lots! show their legs and all, prime!" and immediately the boy followed up this information by a request for a "yennep" to get a "tib of occabot."
1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, Of the "Penny Gaff", page 41: