chewing tobacco
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chewing tobacco
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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Prior to a recent game, Bourne manager Scott Landers gnawed on Mike and Ike candies the way his predecessors got their buzz from chewing tobacco.
From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2023
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
On an ordinary day, the gridlocked streets emit a mix of noisy, vibrant sights and sounds - vendors chewing tobacco, cows curled against doorways and shops doing brisk business as motorcycles zigzag through the crowd.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2022
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
A third cousin of Papa’s, Hopewell Stump, from out in Banks County, clerked and took care of the chickens that folks brought to trade out for nails, flour, sugar, coal oil, coffee, and chewing tobacco.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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