subs. phr. (thieves’).—TOBACCO: cf. WEED.
1876. GREENWOOD, Gaol Birds at Large. The same rigid rule is in force at Portland. I suppose it is because the convicts almost to a man set such a high value on a BIT OF LEAF, regarding it as the greatest luxury of their lives, that the authorities are so severe in their endeavours to keep it from them. But they get it for all that.
