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Definition of "chaws" []

  • Plural form of chaw. (noun)
  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaw., i.e. nonstandard version of chews. (verb)

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Use "chaws" in a sentence
  • "There was no use for anything smaller than five dollars; and, as my jacket was padded with Confederate money I had bought with "chaws" of tobacco in prison, I had only to make"
  • "But the nail-rods and last-voyage "chaws" were soon gone, and then, after a short interval of comparative gayety, the men again drooped, and relapsed into gloom."
  • "Forthwith, the chests were dragged out; the dark places explored; and two sticks of nail-rod tobacco, and several old "chaws," thrown aside by sailors on some previous voyage, were their cheering reward."
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