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chawbones

chawbones is the plural of chawbone.

Meaning of chawbone

Noun

chawbone (plural chawbones)

  1. (obsolete outside archaic usage) Jawbone (maxillary bone).
    • "Ah, that's the problem, then. You've not lubricated your chawbones."2000, Gary Blackwood, The Shakespeare Stealer, page 140

Questions about chawbones

What is chawbones the plural of?
Chawbones is the plural of chawbone.

Words near chawbones in the dictionary

  1. chawat
  2. chawats
  3. chawbacon
  4. chawbacons
  5. chawbone
  6. chawbones
  7. chawbuck
  8. chawbucked
  9. chawbucking
  10. chawbucks
  11. chawdron

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