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ambeer

am·beer [ ám beer ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Southern U.S. brownish-red spit: saliva in the mouth containing the juice of chewed tobacco

[Mid-19th century. Origin ?]

Regional History

In its original sense, "water stained with tobacco refuse," the term ambeer is limited to the tobacco-producing regions of the southeastern United States. But its main meaning, given here, is commonplace throughout the rural South.

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