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cut plug

American  

noun

  1. compressed chewing tobacco in a portion-sized cake.


Etymology

Origin of cut plug

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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When baited properly, a cut plug herring will corkscrew through the water similar to a live herring.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2022

Husky Senator-elect Brown chews Navy cut plug, makes a thundering speech.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charlie Cottar was the first man to chew cut plug in East Africa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Never mind the trimmin’s and holly, just bring plenty of cut plug and dry matches.”

From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Florence Partello Stuart

Here he threw away the remnant of the principe, and, securing his pipe, beat the ashes there-out and carefully reloaded with cut plug.

From Wolfville by Alfred Henry Lewis

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