The Americans, when they were chewers of tobacco, had a different expression; they said that to look up at so tall a thing caused the tobacco juice to run down your throat.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
"Those people are the gum chewers," replied their guide.
"Dot and Tot of Merryland"
L. Frank Baum
Dot watched the gum-chewers thoughtfully for a time, being ashamed to remember that she herself had often been guilty of indulging in this condemned habit; but she said nothing about it, and soon they turned and retraced their steps past the bridge and the village and the home of their kind host, coming at last to the river's edge where they had landed.
"Dot and Tot of Merryland"
L. Frank Baum