chaw
4
9.9
- noun
- /tʃɔ/
- Archaic
:
pasta
- The round face sobered, the wad of chaw was more securely stowed in the cheek, and "Baby" got down to business.
- chaw of tobacco
- cheek full of chaw
Examples
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Kawoozie dug out a chaw of tobacco and folded it into his cheek.
Fiction book (2001) -
Want a chaw of tobacco?
Fiction book (1996) -
I'll take a chaw if you please, sir.
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Join me in a chaw of tobacco?
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I'd sure like me a chaw of tobacco.
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Anybody want a chaw?
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"Almost makes me wish I was on picket duty up by the Rapidan," Powell said, shifting a chaw from one cheek to the other.
Fiction book (1992) -
Hauser was a lean, scraggle-bearded man, five foot nine or so, with a chaw of tobacco bulging one cheek.
Fiction book (1994) -
He took a chaw of tobacco and grinned at his friends.
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Ray stuffed a chaw of tobacco into his lip as he spoke.
Synonyms
24
6.4
A small piece of tobacco or gum kept in the mouth to bite
16
3.2
A small soft lump of material pressed together
9
9.9
A small piece of chewing tobacco pressed into a shape to chew
1
8.4
A small wad of tobacco that people keep in the mouth and chew
1
9.9
A small lump of tobacco you chew and keep in your mouth
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Etymology
Chaw comes from an old word meaning 'to chew', and it became the name for a small piece people keep in their cheek, especially chewing tobacco, like the common word chew. So a chaw is a small wad or lump of something you can chew.