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chawbone en · NOUN

Etymology

From chaw (“jaw, underjaw”) + bone.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:obsolete outside archaic usage) Jawbone (maxillary bone).
   • The chawbone of the ox that at Christ's birth was […] 2003, A Select Collection of Old English Plays:
   • "Ah, that's the problem, then. You've not lubricated your chawbones." 2000, Gary Blackwood, The Shakespeare Stealer, page 140:

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