Something that is pleasant or suitable for chewing; also a piece of chewing gum or chewy candy.
From 'chew' with the diminutive suffix '-ie,' this is informal English that developed in the 20th century with candy marketing.
Chewing gum was originally made from tree sap (chicle) that Indigenous peoples chewed for thousands of years—it wasn't commercialized until American settlers discovered it in Mexico!
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