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noun 
  1. (context, informal, uncountable) chewing tobacco, Chewing tobacco.
When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to , but then developed cancer of the mouth.
  1. (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
My uncle's way to convince us not to use tobacco was to give us each a big , and then get us to swallow it.
verb 
  1. (context, nonstandard) Nonstandard spelling of chew; to grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.
    • 1884, s:Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), s:The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn/Chapter_XXIX, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    • :...the king he set down and twisted his head to one side, and chawed his tongue, and scrawled off something...
      1. (context, UK, slang) To steal.
    • ...some pikey's chawed my bike.
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