tobacciana

English

Museum display of tobacciana.

Etymology

From tobacc- +‎ -iana.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌtəbækɪˈɑːnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

tobacciana (uncountable)

1. Item related to tobacco or its industry.
   • 1988, Huxford, Sharon, Schroeder's antiques price guide‎^[1], →OCLC:

     Tobacciana is the generally accepted term used to cover a field of collecting that includes smoking pipes, cigar molds, cigarette lighters, humidors — in short, any article having to do with the practice of using tobacco in any form.

   • 1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 11:

     She took a lighter from her purse. Like the ones they sold in those tobacciana shops. They were going to make that illegal too, he'd heard.