beaver² n
   1 A locally made chewing and smoking tobacco.
   [1960] 1965 PEACOCK (ed) i, 123 "Fish and Brewis": And see them chew Beaver and squirt it up high, / Lie back on the [gangboards] and laugh till you die. T 55-64 Old Beaver tobacco, wonst you'd buy that for twenty-two cents or less, and now it is seventy-four cents a stick. 1972 Evening Telegram 24 Oct, p. 3 Imperial Tobacco's plant was located at the corner of Bond and Flavin streets ... and it produced its own brands for the local market including cigarettes such as Wings, Royal Blend, Flag and Gems, and other tobaccos, tobacco products such as plug tobacco, marketed under the brand name Beaver. 1975 RUSSELL 43 On my way down to Levi's store for a plug of Beaver, I run into Skipper Joe.
   2 Tag-man in child's chasing game.
   C 71-35 There was one home base and two beavers or tag men. The object was to leave home base and tease the beavers into trying to catch you. If they did, you had to help them catch more. While running, you'd say, 'Old Billy Beaver, can't catch a weaver.'

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