Chewing

Examples

• Thank you,' said Tom, shaking his head dismally, and chewing rosebuds. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Or a moosic 'all, observed Gurt, chewing his quid reflectively. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Mr. Snagsby appears, greasy, warm, herbaceous, and chewing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The original chewing gum was spruce gum, the exudation of the cut branches of the spruce or fir tree. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The chewing gum wrapping machine is considered by machinery builders to be one of the most ingenious automatic manufacturing machines in use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Instead of that, said I, plucking up more grass and chewing a blade or two, see how I am going on. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It was written on tissue paper, and wrapped up in tin-foil such as chewing tobacco is folded in. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Before the filterer was invented it was almost impossible for the manufacturer of chewing gum to produce gum entirely free from particles of grit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Though its employment in the manufacture of chewing gum is of comparatively recent date, chicle was used by the Indians prior to the days of Columbus as a means of quenching their thirst. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The growth of the chewing gum industry is shown by the importation of nearly 5,500,000 pounds for the year ending with June 30, 1910. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When the chicle arrives at one of the chewing-gum factories it is immediately turned over to the grinding department. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Or so--like Lyons sausage,' said John Baptist, demonstrating the various cuts on the bread he held, and soberly chewing what he had in his mouth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was first commercially imported as a substitute for rubber, but its peculiar suitability for chewing gum has resulted in the entire product being consumed by that industry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It would cause no surprise at all to see a Confederate soldier chewing tobacco. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When you ask for a porter they give you chewing-gum. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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