chaw on

Example Sentences

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But just to set here and think about it, and chaw on a mis'able thing that happened two years and more ago!

From A Touch of Sun and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock

"Ain't you afraid that you might take a chaw on it, by mistake for your tobacco?" queried Jim in a matter-of-fact voice.

From Frontier Boys in Frisco by Roosevelt, Wyn

It was somethin to chaw on, he hadn't been used to the flavor of, I reckon.

From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

“Might chaw on a biscuit before I take another nap,” yawned the prisoner.

From The Coyote A Western Story by Roberts, James

Hit sorter stirs 'em up an' gives 'em somethin' to chaw on, an' keeps 'em contented like.

From The Mountain Girl by Erskine, Payne