chewing gum

[choo-ing]

noun

a sweetened and flavored preparation for chewing, usually made of chicle.

Origin of chewing gum

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65

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Examples from the Web for chewing gum

Historical Examples of chewing gum

They bore an unmistakable odor of toilet soap and chewing-gum.
Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective
Ellis Parker Butler
It's precisely what I should expect of a person who hadn't any chewing-gum.
Davy and The Goblin
Charles E. Carryl
Not a missed beat has interrupted the mastication of her chewing-gum.
Seductio Ad Absurdum
Emily Hahn
And sometimes Juley brought them chewing-gum, which they were not allowed to chew.
My Friend Annabel Lee
Mary MacLane
Kalteyer, with his chewing-gum, was about our only big customer, and now he's gone bust.
We Can't Have Everything
Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for chewing gum

chewing gum

noun

a preparation for chewing, usually made of flavoured and sweetened chicle or such substitutes as polyvinyl acetate

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