Definition of "chaws" []

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

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "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."