chewing tobacco

American  

noun

1. tobacco, in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking.

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Etymology

Origin of chewing tobacco

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

Smoking tobacco was selling at $1.50 a pound and good plug cut and fancy tobacco was selling at $2.00 a pound.

From Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest by Ladue, Joseph Francis

Smoking tobacco through a forked reed of the sort described, has been proved by trial, to be impossible.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various