ambeer

[ am-beer ]

nounChiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. tobacco juice.

Origin of ambeer

1
1755–65; Americanism; earlier, water soaked in cut tobacco refuse; perhaps blend of amber and beer, alluding to its color and foaminess

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