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chewing tobacco

A form of smokeless tobacco sold as a shredded product, in contrast to dipping tobacco in which the tobacco leaves are ground.

Health effects
Oral cancer; often disfiguring due to heroic surgery.

chew

Chewing tobacco. See Smokeless tobacco.

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They banged drums, bared mastectomy scars, hollered ya-yas for the sisterhood, ate fire, and chewed the fat.

Pride by many other names: whether it's a dyke march, black gay pride, or a youth rally, gay men and lesbians are finding new ways to celebrate their diversity. (Pride 2002)

A PAIR of star-struck slimming instructors chewed the fat with TV's Shane Ritchie at a glittering awards ceremony.

Fat's the weight to do it!

The Barca board met, chewed the fat and opted to give van Gaal the dreaded vote of confidence.