tobacco road
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tobacco road

noun, often capitalized T&R

Definition 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

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