chaw on

Example Sentences

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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

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 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

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

From The Mountain Girl by Erskine, Payne

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

From The Coyote A Western Story by Roberts, James