Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

amounted to 12 carrots

Romanian translation:

în total 12 legături (păpuşi)

Added to glossary by Mihaela Roman
Oct 27, 2010 14:28
13 yrs ago
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English term

amounted to 12 carrots

English to Romanian Other Other
"At daylight this morning, we were awakened by the discharge of the firearms of all our party and a salute, shouts, and a song which the whole party joined in under our windows, after which they retired to their rooms. Were cheerful all the morning. After breakfast we divided our tobacco, which amounted to 12 carrots, one half of which we gave to the men of the party who used tobacco, and to those who do not use it we made a present of a handkerchief."
Un context mai larg se afla aici: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JOURNALS/lewis7.html#chpt2...
Nu pricep care e legatura intre tutun si morcovi.
Proposed translations (Romanian)
4 +6 12 legături
5 +6 12 papusi

Proposed translations

+6
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12 legături

„Ne-am împărţit tutunul, 12 legături în total, dând jumătate...”

Mai exact, sunt frunze de tutun presate şi înfăşurate în frânghie.
O imagine relevantă (şi o descriere) aici:

http://www.furtradestories.ca/details.cfm?content_id=262&cat...
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+6
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12 papusi

ca sa mentinem tonul arhaic

tutunul se vindea in "papusi"
http://www.dexonline.news20.ro/cuvant/papuse.html
păpuşi, vb. (a se dichisi; a face mănunchiuri, mai ales de tutun
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Reference comments

4 mins
Reference:

carrot

Four hands of tobacco form a carrot. A hand is a bunch of 35 to 70 leaves, the better the quality the fewer the number.


http://www.cigarhistory.info/Site/Glossary-Definitions.html
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26 mins
Reference:

Uite-i poza

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