chaw on
Example Sentences
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They gives the mules, ruffage and such, to chaw on all night.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives by Work Projects Administration
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
But they didn't give us nothing to chaw on.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives by Work Projects Administration
There, take that home and chaw on it.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman
"I'm that near gone I could chaw on a dog biscuit and like it!" grumbled the shorter man.
From Afloat on the Flood by Leslie, Lawrence J.
