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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of chaw., i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed.

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Examples

  • If he felt tired and lazy he patiently sat in front of the Halfway House at McClure and "chawed" and spat until he saw the

    Land of the Burnt Thigh Edith Eudora Kohl

  • But let him once be fairly cornered, convinced that dodging the question was out of the question, then would he turn himself square about, and looking you full in the face, out with the naked truth as bluntly as if he had "chawed" it into a hard wad and shot it at you from his pop-gun.

    Burl Morrison Heady 1872

  • Why, there was one tribe that I saw in the East who putt fat in the tea, an 'another putt salt, and after they'd swallowed this queer kind of tea-soup, they divided the leaves among themselves an' chawed 'em up like baccy. "

    The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains 1859

  • I've seen too many of ` em cut up an 'gouged an' chawed not to know. '

    Chapter 3: Jackson's Arm 2010

  • I've seen too many of ` em cut up an 'gouged an' chawed not to know. '

    Chapter 3: Jackson's Arm 2010

  • Onliest fing is teh fetthurs get kinda chawed after a wile.

    dis is jus wat i need to - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Teh kitteh hoo owns mii chawed a whole in teh fanksgibbin terkey wen I had it owt 2 thaw..

    kill - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • I chawed my way through a few bites, then tipped the whole thing into a freezer container to add, in very small doses, to soup and stock later on, where maybe, just maybe, its very existence will be redeemed.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • I know I posted material from this site yesterday and that I've also posted Gustave Doré illustrations before hi the chawed rosin but this is too good to not share.

    The Baron tellurian 2007

  • I know I posted material from this site yesterday and that I've also posted Gustave Doré illustrations before hi the chawed rosin but this is too good to not share.

    Archive 2007-09-01 tellurian 2007

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