canaster

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canaster - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Canaster \Ca*nas"ter\, n. [Sp. canasta, canastro, basket, fr. L.
     canistrum. See Canister.]
     A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves,
     coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which
     it is packed in South America. --McElrath.
     [1913 Webster]