tobacco road
tobacco road
noun, often capitalized T&RDefinition of TOBACCO ROAD
: a squalid poverty-stricken rural area or community
Origin of TOBACCO ROAD
from Tobacco Road, novel (1932) by Erskine Caldwell and play (1933) by Jack Kirkland †1969 American playwright
First Known Use: 1937
Rhymes with TOBACCO ROAD
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