navy plug

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Adelbert P. Gibney smiled and bit a large crescent out of his navy plug, for his soul was at peace.

Having seen to this, he reverts to his favorite pastime, sitting on a log and smoking navy plug.

It seems that the only maritime aid I am to receive from the United States is some navy-plug to chew.

He cuts everything with this knife, from apples and navy plug to ship's cables and telegraph wire.

And Shorty handed him his pipe, which he had just refilled with whittlings of black "navy plug."

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