ambeer

ambeer
noun Etymology: probably alteration of amber; from its color Date: 1848 chiefly Southern & southern Midland tobacco juice

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  • ambeer — /am bear/, n. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. tobacco juice. [1755 65; Amer.; earlier, water soaked in cut tobacco refuse; perh. b. AMBER and BEER, alluding to its color and foaminess] * * * …   Universalium

  • ambeer — am·beer …   English syllables

  • ambeer — The spittle produced when chewing tobacco …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • ambeer — ˈamˌbi(ə)r, iə noun ( s) Etymology: probably alteration of amber; from its color chiefly South & Midland : tobacco juice …   Useful english dictionary

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