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Synonyms for chaw

Grammar : Verb
Spell : chaw
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɔ

Définition of chaw

Origin :
  • 1520s, unexplained phonetic variant of chew (v.). OED points out the variant form chow was "very common in 16-17th c." Bartlett's "Dictionary of Americanisms" [1859] says chaw, "Although found in good authors, ... is retained, in this country as in England, only by the illiterate." Related: Chawed; chawing. The noun meaning "that which is chewed" (especially a quid of tobacco) first recorded 1709.
  • verb chew
Example sentences :
  • I tell ye what you do: Give him a bone or a chunk of tough meat to chaw on.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • “Might chaw on a biscuit before I take another nap,” yawned the prisoner.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • Ain't you afraid that you might take a chaw on it, by mistake for your tobacco?
  • Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt
  • Then he inquired as an afterthought: “Would he snap or chaw me up a-tall?”
  • Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart
  • Not so much as a chaw of bacon, or a blanket to lay over you nights.
  • Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
  • An' I'm hungry 'nough to chaw grass, were you to show me a tidy patch an' say go to it!
  • Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
  • I'm that near gone I could chaw on a dog biscuit and like it!
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Flood » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • Then Tom was fond of a chaw, and seldom had had a quid out of his cheeks.
  • Extract from : « Marmaduke Merry » by William H. G. Kingston
  • But if that is the case why did he interfere whin the grizzly was about to chaw me up?
  • Extract from : « The Young Ranchers » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Maybe Bill he gives him a chaw; maybe he lies and says he ain't got none.
  • Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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