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tobacco juice

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Definition of tobacco juice

: saliva colored brown by tobacco or snuff

Examples of tobacco juice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The old guy spat a ribbon of tobacco juice out the window. — David Canfield, EW.com, "Stephen King's The Institute is out now. Read this juicy excerpt first," 10 Sep. 2019

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First Known Use of tobacco juice

1833, in the meaning defined above

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“Tobacco juice.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tobacco%20juice. Accessed 24 January 2020.

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