claws

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Den us had dem good ol' cushaws and lye hominy, too.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

Several kinds of the creeping vines bearing fruit, the Indians planted in their gardens or fields, because they would have plenty of them always at hand; such as muskmelons, watermelons, pompions, cushaws, macocks and gourds.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

They have growing near their towns, peaches, strawberries, cushaws, melons, pompions, macocks, &c.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

First we'd gather peas and cushaws and pumpkins out the corn field, then get the corn and pile it front the cribs.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

Their cushaws are a kind of pompion, of a bluish green color, streaked with white, when they are fit for use.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert