Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the lowest poor leaves of the tobacco-plant: so named as collecting sand on its surface. Also
sanding .
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Not more than from eight to ten leaves are left on the plant, without counting the sand-leaf, which is thrown away, "and destroyed in the same manner as the Dutch are said to do of spies.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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