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bailed tobacco

English translation: tobacco in bales / baled tobacco

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English term or phrase:bailed tobacco
Selected answer:tobacco in bales / baled tobacco
Entered by: DLyons

23:32 Feb 7, 2015
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Agriculture
English term or phrase: bailed tobacco
one of the items on a list of products; no context
katarina28
Croatia
Local time: 03:11
tobacco in bailes
Explanation:
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Note added at 2 mins (2015-02-07 23:35:03 GMT)
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"bales"!
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 02:11
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4 +5tobacco in bailes
DLyons


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
tobacco in bailes


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 mins (2015-02-07 23:35:03 GMT)
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"bales"!

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 02:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer Levey: Or, as we say in plain English: "baled tobacco" (baled without 'i').
24 mins
  -> Thanks Robin. Definitely no "i".
agree  Tony M
58 mins
  -> Thanks Tony.
agree  Yorkshireman: Try bales - bailes/bails are old lead smelting hearths.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Yorkshireman. Indeed.
agree  Jack Doughty
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Jack.
neutral  Edith Kelly: bailes? ok bales.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks Edith. Yes, cut 'n paste error.
agree  Phong Le
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thanks Phong Le.
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