Lexicographical Neighbors of Chafts
Literary usage of Chafts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To tai one a yank; to give one such a blow ; as, "111 tak you a yank o' the
chafts," Ettr. For, Clydes. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"The term means to rap (or knock) the chafts (jaws) together without any food
between them. RAPE, REAP, a rope. \\me-rape, a wain rope ; used for tying down ..."
3. John Cheap the Chapman's Library: The Scottish Chap Literature of Last by Dougal Graham, John Cheap (1877)
"0 my sovereign, says he, dont you see how your horses have rent their chafts
laughing at my old boots! Then, every man looking at his horse's mouth, ..."
4. The Collected Writings of Dougal Graham, "Skellat" Bellman of Glasgow by Dougal Graham (1883)
"... a tailor, a young soldier, and a poor dominie. Q. What is the great cause of
the barber's vanity ? A. His being admitted to trim noblemen's chafts, ..."
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