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A tobacco stopper is an instrument used to press down tobacco in a pipe. While imprisoned, Dr. Primrose encourages his fellow prisoners to turn their hobby of carving tobacco stoppers into a business as part of his program of moral reform.
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Tobacco Stopper Term Timeline in The Vicar of Wakefield
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Chapter 27
...of secular ways to help them too, encouraging them to convert their hobby of cutting tobacco stoppers into a subscription-based cottage industry, which he manages. He also sets up a system of...
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