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Definition of Chawbacons
1. chawbacon [n] - See also: chawbacon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chawbacons
Literary usage of Chawbacons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1866)
"“Cuss the horse,” said the porter, trying to draw breath; “better been under a
train I had. Don't stand gaping, chawbacons. Is ever a sawbones, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"... down by tyrannical monopolists—hunted from a peaceful village home for attempting
to enlighten the benighted haw- hucks and chawbacons ! ..."
3. The Life of Richard Cobden by John Morley (1908)
"They are a century before our Hants and Sussex chawbacons. In fact, they are, by
comparison, educated gentlemen and practical philosophers, ..."
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