caporal

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He drew in a long breath of excoriating caporal, held it for a moment, and then softly ejected it in

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  1. noun A strong dark tobacco.

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  1. French, short for (tabac de) caporal, corporal('s tobacco), from Italian caporale, from capo, head; see capo1.

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  1. Spanish and F.: see corporal.
 

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/kɑpəˈrɑl/
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