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chewing sponges

chewing sponges is the plural of chewing sponge.

Meaning of chewing sponge

Noun

chewing sponge (plural chewing sponges)

  1. (West African English) A bunch of twigs (most commonly of Salvadora persica) that were beaten until fibrous used as a traditional product for dental hygiene purposes.
    • The woman was vigorously scrubbing her teeth with a piece of chewing sponge.1988, Christine Botchway, Spears Down, London and Basingstoke: Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, page 3

Questions about chewing sponges

What is chewing sponges the plural of?
Chewing sponges is the plural of chewing sponge.

Words near chewing sponges in the dictionary

  1. chewing on
  2. chewing on one's nails
  3. chewing out
  4. chewing over
  5. chewing sponge
  6. chewing sponges
  7. chewing stick
  8. chewing sticks
  9. chewing the cud
  10. chewing the fat
  11. chewing the meat and spitting out the bones

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