Words & TermsCrime, prison and the underworld
grouse-weed
Illicitly obtained good-quality tobacco.
In a sentence
Outside tobacco was prized as grouse-weed.
Where it came from
From Australian grouse “excellent” and weed “tobacco”. The glossary contrasts good-quality tobacco smuggled from outside as grouse-weed with official boob-tobacco.
- First recorded
- 1972
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Parramatta Jail, NSW
- Use today
- Historical Parramatta Jail usage; later/current currency not established