Magaliesberg, noun

/məˈxaliːzbɜːɡ//məˈxɑliːzbɜːɡ//maˈxalisbɜːɡ/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, name of mountain range and village, from Magali, Magalie adaptation of Mohale a Sotho leader of the mid-19th century + possessive -s- + berg mountain.
A tobacco grown in the Magaliesberg area of the North-West Province, used originally as pipe tobacco but now also in the manufacture of cigarettes. Also attributive, especially in the phrase Magaliesberg tobacco.
1899 J.G. Millais Breath from Veldt 44 (Swart)There sits the old Boer on the top of his waggon, solemnly blinking in the sun as he puffs away at his Magaliesburg.
1910 J. Runcie Idylls by Two Oceans 79I gathered a handful of Magaliesberg from my pocket, and held it to him. With plenty of the Transvaal’s delightful sedative at only 2s. a lb. and less, a handful of tobacco is not missed.
1919 Dunell, Ebden & Co.’s Price List Aug. 32Tobacco, Transvaal...Guaranteed best Magaliesberg.
1924 H.W. Taylor Tobacco Culture 28 (Swart)The pipe tobacco manufactured from Magaliesberg leaf might be described as a mild smoke.
1937 H. Sauer Ex Afr. 28During question time tobacco pouches were freely handed round by the men, everybody filling his pipe from the pouch of someone else..but as the tobacco was usually the same brand of Magaliesberg there was not much in it.
a1951 H.C. Bosman in L. Abrahams Unto Dust (1963) 135Each time I got back to my own farm, and I could sit on my stoep and fill my pipe with honest Magaliesberg tobacco, I was pleased to think I was away from all that sin that you read about in the Bible.
1958 A. Jackson Trader on Veld 52Before returning I visited the market square in Johannesburg, where I was intrigued into buying a wagonload of cut Magaliesburg tobacco, packed in grain bags for 3d a lb.
1970 ‘R.C.G.’ in Outpost 159My citizens smoked Magaliesberg tobacco, manufactured in the form of chopped twigs, which when ignited smelt like the exhaust of a diesel truck...Magaliesberg was sold in cotton bags which were tied to the belt.
1990 R. Stengel January Sun 110Beginning in the 1970s, the quality of Magaliesberg tobacco deteriorated...In 1979, the tobacco companies informed the farmers that Magaliesberg tobacco was no longer up to snuff.
A tobacco grown in the Magaliesberg area of the North-West Province, used originally as pipe tobacco but now also in the manufacture of cigarettes. Also attributive, especially in the phrase Magaliesberg tobacco.
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