tobacciana en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌtəbækɪˈɑːnə/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From tobacc- + -iana.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Item related to tobacco or its industry.
Tobacciana is the generally accepted term used to cover a field of collecting that includes smoking pipes, cigar molds, cigarette lighters, humidors — in short, any article having to do with the practice of using tobacco in any form.
1988, Huxford, Sharon, Schroeder's antiques price guide, →OCLC:She took a lighter from her purse. Like the ones they sold in those tobacciana shops. They were going to make that illegal too, he'd heard.
1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 11: