Brewer's: Cavendish Tobacco

An American brand of chewing or smoking tobacco, prepared for use by softening, sweetening with molasses, and pressing into plugs. Called “Cavendish” from the original manufacturer.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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