gum stick

English

Noun

gum stick (plural gum sticks)

1. A stick of chewing gum.

   Synonym: stick of gum

2. (archaic) Any smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.
   • 1836, James Ewell, The Medical Companion […] :

     It is customary to give the child a gum stick, to rub on the itchy gum

   • 1868, Pye Henry Chavasse, Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children:

     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.

References

• “gum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.