chewing tobacco

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chewing tobacco

noun chewing tobaccos

US, countable, uncountable Tobacco, cut or ground finely, and placed between the cheek and the gum to allow nicotine absorption through the mucous membranes. "Take, say a fourth of a pound of chewing tobacco, tear it well to pieces, and put it into a vesssel and pour to it a sufficiency of boiling water...."
Similar: dip, snuff
US, countable, dated, uncountable Tobacco that is cut into strips or shreds, and chewed and then tucked between the cheek and the gum. Near-synonym: plug
Similar: plug

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noun tobacco placed between cheek and gum

Deutsch	Kautabak
Русский	жевательный табак ževatelʹnyj tabak

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@misc{chewing_tobacco_2026,
  title = {chewing tobacco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chewing%20tobacco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}