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gumchewing en · ADJ

From gum + chewing.

(not-comparable) Chewing gum.
- Later we drive slowly away from the mine in Ron Statler’s car, past the gumchewing trooper who leans down to star into the car suspiciously as we go by. 1972 July–August, Tom Bethell, “Consolidation Coal: the corporate killer”, in The Miner’s Voice, volume 2, number 12:
- The spectacle of a bunch of crewcutted, gumchewing teenagers lording it over the natives in the streets of Saigon is a lesson in how not to conduct foreign relations. 1965, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 89ᵗʰ Congress, First Session, volume 111, part 4, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 4557:
- Other valuable allies are Sammy, the foxy publicity man, and his ladylove, the slangy, gumchewing stenographer, who, in a mix-up with the boss, is equal to tackling the latter’s snobbish wife single-handed. 1911, “Madam the Boss; By Robert J. Sherman; Price, 35 Cents”, in Mary Wolcott Green, The Women Who Did: A Dramatic Entertainment for Women Historical and Patriotic, Chicago, Ill.: T. S. Denison & Company:

From gum + chewing.

(uncountable) The chewing of gum.
- Chronic gumchewing is similar to toothgrinding. It causes unusual pressure on the bones supporting the large molars. 1970, Ben C[urt] Gmur, John T. Fodor, L. H. Glass, Joseph J. Langan, Making Health Decisions, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., page 101:
- Among such rules he included one against gumchewing.[…]She was aware that gumchewing was frowned upon at the company, but had not been warned that it would lead to a suspension from work. 1967 March, “Secret Memorandum”, in Unemployment Insurance Review, volume 4, number 3, page 15:
- Hunk gave him a fleeting glance and went back to his gumchewing. 1947, Joe Archibald, Rebel Halfback, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Westminster Press, page 132: