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

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chewing tobacco

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

And spitting is still socially acceptable - be it chewing tobacco, sportsmen spiting on camera or Bollywood portrayals of men spitting while fighting each other.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2021

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

That’s meant the end of a theatrical era — gone the way of stirrups and chewing tobacco on major league diamonds.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2019

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