chewing tobacco

tobacco, in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking.

Origin of chewing tobacco

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

chewa, chewable, chewie, chewing gum, chewing louse, chewing tobacco, chewings fescue, chewink, chewy, chex, cheyenne

If men like me git a hand of chewing-tobacco once a month, they think they are damned lucky.

The Debtor |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
He winked at Paul and drew from his back pocket a plug of chewing-tobacco, a vulgarism forbidden in the Babbitt home.

Babbitt |Sinclair Lewis
Before you go, which one of you has got any chewing-tobacco?'

Options |O. Henry
Well serve that in the bouillon cups, and make Mrs. Johnson some more to-morrow, or take her chewing-tobacco instead.

Winona of the Camp Fire |Margaret Widdemer

He was in the grocer's shop on the corner of the Market buying a few coppers' worth of chewing-tobacco.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo