chewing tobacco
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chewing tobacco
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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With his shaved head and teeth stained by chewing tobacco, he evoked a throwback-style correspondent image and delighted in regaling others with stories from the field.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023
And spitting is still socially acceptable - be it chewing tobacco, sportsmen spiting on camera or Bollywood portrayals of men spitting while fighting each other.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021
The virus can spread when people feed deer in their backyard, through sewage discharges or maybe when an animal licks a splotch of chewing tobacco left behind by an infected hunter.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
One New York state health department report from 1888 says that sugar, licorice, molasses, and glycerin were added to smoking and chewing tobacco in hopes of improving the taste.
From Slate • May 14, 2021
Leon Sadoff’s father ran a kiosk on Amsterdam just off 125th Street, and we got nine plugs of chewing tobacco from him.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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