slang. [Of obscure origin.] Tobacco.

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1896.  Westm. Gaz., 29 May, 2/1. Here, mate, give us a bit of the snout.

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1904.  A. Griffiths, 50 Yrs. Public Service, xi. 154. The ‘snout’ … is introduced in small quantities, and distributed by the prisoners themselves.

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