ambeer

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]

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