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gum stick en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A stick of chewing gum.
2. (archaic) Any smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.
   • It is customary to give the child a gum stick, to rub on the itchy gum 1836, James Ewell, The Medical Companion […] :
   • If a piece of crust be given as a gum-stick, he must, while biting it, be well watched, or by accident he might loosen a large piece of it, which might choke him. 1868, Pye Henry Chavasse, Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children:

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Synonyms

stick of gum