Definitions
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- proper noun A fictional place in the rural American South inhabited by poor and uneducated.
- proper noun Dilapidated housing as might be found in the rural American South.
- proper noun pejorative Poor and uneducated rural Southerners
Etymologies
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Examples
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The city is looking to rename Tobacco Road due to the number of signs that have been stolen.
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When I wasn't in that reform school on Tobacco Road in Augusta.
Facing Mecca Jack Varnell 2011
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The Halloween shows were great fun, beginning on Friday the 29th at Tobacco Road with a three-set throwdown that ran through most of our three albums 'worth of tunes wrapped in a cool LCD light show from our friend Scott O'Connor, who set out to make us look as funktastic as we sound.
Robbie Gennet: Before you can Taste the Love, you first have to Make the Love Robbie Gennet 2010
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The real celebration for the new national champion – that's taking place on Tobacco Road.
Duke Wins 2010 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Duke Tops Butler, 61-59, In A Thriller 2010
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The Halloween shows were great fun, beginning on Friday the 29th at Tobacco Road with a three-set throwdown that ran through most of our three albums 'worth of tunes wrapped in a cool LCD light show from our friend Scott O'Connor, who set out to make us look as funktastic as we sound.
Robbie Gennet: Before you can Taste the Love, you first have to Make the Love Robbie Gennet 2010
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The Halloween shows were great fun, beginning on Friday the 29th at Tobacco Road with a three-set throwdown that ran through most of our three albums 'worth of tunes wrapped in a cool LCD light show from our friend Scott O'Connor, who set out to make us look as funktastic as we sound.
Robbie Gennet: Before you can Taste the Love, you first have to Make the Love Robbie Gennet 2010
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The real celebration for the new national champion – that's taking place on Tobacco Road.
Duke Wins 2010 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Duke Tops Butler, 61-59, In A Thriller 2010
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Those of you living below Tobacco Road might enjoy a trip to Junk Shop Juke Box for his collection of punk, party records, B movie promo spots and more that I am too lazy to tell you about.
Scum of the Earth baikinange 2010
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So how about this, in answer to your question: American writers who are neglected by both academia and the mainstream press -- Erskine Caldwell, especially God's Little Acre and Tobacco Road.
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The real celebration for the new national champion – that's taking place on Tobacco Road.
Duke Wins 2010 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Duke Tops Butler, 61-59, In A Thriller The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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