Word: cubebs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...white trash, Sun-Up (see front cover), Mrs. Norris was worried because the role required a series of hearty pulls on a corncob pipe. She had never smoked in her life, thought herself at 54 too old to begin. But her stage director was adamant. So, experimenting first with cubebs, later with cubeb tobacco stuffed into the bowl, she eventually learned to keep the corncob puffing. She now confesses to enjoying a smoke, is having difficulty breaking herself of the habit...
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