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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sweetened flavored preparation for chewing, formerly made of chicle.
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- noun A
flavoured preparation ofchicle orsynthetic rubber , made forchewing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
Etymologies
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From to chew, + gum.
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