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Chewing gum   /tʃˈuɪŋ gəm/   Listen
Chewing gum

noun
1.
A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.  Synonym: gum.






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"Chewing gum" Quotes from Famous Books



... mind telling you that I mean to get back to England the very first opportunity that comes," he said, pacing up and down the floor. "I'm willing to give away my share of the White Man's Burden with a package of chewing gum." ...
— The Land of Promise • D. Torbett

... food will not only satisfy, but also will, if persisted in, give satisfactory results in a reduction of flesh. This means that you cannot eat candy and other sweets between meals, and if you feel that you must have something sweet, try a piece of chewing gum. If fruits are too sour, try corn syrup for sweetening; about one-half cup to each quart of prepared fruit. Fresh fruits develop their own natural sweetness if they are baked instead of stewed in a saucepan. Just place them in a casserole dish with this amount of syrup or ...
— Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book - Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions • Mary A. Wilson

... indifferent, and chewing gum, accepted his tip and departed. Clavering returned to the window. Gone was the symphony of gold and gray. The buildings surrounding the Square were a dark and formless mass in the heavy dusk. Only the ...
— Black Oxen • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

... making change for one man, and handing another one a box of cigars, that he might take one, and, all the while she never stopped chewing gum. ...
— The Boy from the Ranch - Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences • Frank V. Webster

... study of advertisements for a set of books, of chewing gum, of an automobile, and of a piece of machinery in some technical publication. Compare results with a similar count in a newspaper paragraph, an encyclopedia paragraph, and paragraphs from Macaulay, ...
— Practical English Composition: Book II. - For the Second Year of the High School • Edwin L. Miller


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