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chuckaway

chuckaway noun: food.

Noun

chuckaway (uncountable)

  1. (US, dated, slang) Food.
    • Chuckaway too no good. Heap water, little chuckaway. Heap sticks, and still little chuckaway.1895, Annie Maria Barnes, Matouchon: A Story of Indian Child Life, page 175
    • No chuckaway, no pig, no corn, no cow, no hay, no pony.1939, The California Ranger: Region Five, volumes 11-13
    Synonyms:
    chuck

Synonyms of chuckaway

Origin of chuckaway

From a Native American word.

Questions about chuckaway

What does chuckaway mean?
Chuckaway means food.
What part of speech is chuckaway?
Chuckaway is a noun.

Words near chuckaway in the dictionary

  1. chuck-will's-widow
  2. chuck-will's-widows
  3. chuckable
  4. chuckawalla
  5. chuckawallas
  6. chuckaway
  7. Chuckchee
  8. Chuckchees
  9. chucked
  10. chucked a sickie
  11. chucked a uey

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