Obs. [f. as TOBACCON-IST + -ER1.] = TOBACCONIST (senses 1 and 2). So Tobacconian a., of or pertaining to tobacco; † Tobacconing, vbl. sb. tobacco-smoking; pres. pple. smoking tobacco.
1616. Sylvester, Tobacco Battered, 643. For Dumpier none then the *Tobacconer.
1701. Reg. St. Andrew’s, Canterb. Charles Jecks Tobackoner of Wapping.
1835. Fraser’s Mag., XI. 39. The rattling of the diligence,… and … the *tobacconian flavour within.
1616. Sylvester, Tobacco Battered, 204. It shall suffice to say, *Tobacconing is but a smoakie play.
1647. Bp. Hall, Hard Measure, Rem. Wks. (1660), 64. The Cathedrall … filled with Muskatiers,… drinking and tobacconing as freely as if it had turn’d Alehouse.
