a coarse dark tobacco smoked bybushmen. The name alludes to the shape of the plug, whichlooks like a thin flat stick of liquorice. It is properlyapplied to the imported brand of «Two Seas,» but isindiscriminately used by up-country folk for any coarse stickof tobacco.
1896. H. Lawson, `While the Billy boils,' p. 118:
«`You can give me half-a-pound of nailrod,' he said,in a quiet tone.'»