snuff-dipping

British  

noun

1. the practice of absorbing nicotine by holding in one's mouth, between the cheek and the gum, a small amount of tobacco, either loose or enclosed in a sachet

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snuff-dipping

But Washington Phillips—a stocky, snuff-dipping gospel singer from East Texas, who recorded eighteen songs for Columbia Records between 1927 and 1929—is an uncommonly captivating cipher.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 20, 2016

Reasons: strict no-smoking rules in war plants and much higher incomes in the snuff-dipping Deep South.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were snuff-dipping, mackinawed men from the forests; ruddy, overalled farmers of sturdy Swiss stock; pale businessmen from the little towns.

From Time Magazine Archive

After I had watched them for a while, I noticed they didn't even have their snuff-dipping brushes in their mouths.

From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Smith, Jewell Ellen

Having followed our sable friends from grief to indignation, and from indignation to the charming amusement of snuff-dipping, we will enter the house and make acquaintance with its master.

From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Lee, Minnie Mary