From the poem "The Free-Selector's Daughter" (emphasis mine)
I broke my pipe and burnt my twist,
And washed my mouth with water;
I had a shave before I kissed
The free-selector's daughter.
In this context, what would twist mean?
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Sign up to join this communityFrom the poem "The Free-Selector's Daughter" (emphasis mine)
I broke my pipe and burnt my twist,
And washed my mouth with water;
I had a shave before I kissed
The free-selector's daughter.
In this context, what would twist mean?
It's the tobacco pipe mentioned here. — TFD
noun a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
Twist, refers to tobacco. — M-W
1.d. tobacco leaves twisted into a thick roll