Tobacco cutting machine
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1 item : Wood - metal ; B 24.6 x 14cm H 13.3cm.
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c1900 Once used for cutting and shredding dark plug tobacco.After shredding the tobacco it was rolled in the palm of the hand until sufficiently flaked to put into a pipe for smoking.In some cases chunks of tobacco would be chewed as gum is today.Dark plug tobacco was sometimes soaked in rum.Cabinet No. 6.
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\\ PR AL.82.6
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English
BRN:
105218