chaw on

Example Sentences

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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

“Jest an idee fur you to chaw on, Joe,” said Avery.

From Lost Farm Camp by Knibbs, Harry Herbert

"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

I tell ye what you do: Give him a bone or a chunk of tough meat to chaw on.

From The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

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