comshawed
comshawed is the simple past and past participle of comshaw.
Meaning of comshaw
Verb
comshaw (third-person singular simple present comshaws, present participle comshawing, simple past and past participle comshawed)
- To acquire without officially requisitioning; to pilfer or barter for surplus items.
- Chips in Las Vegas are as negotiable as green money. You can take them into any club and cash them in for money, for $5 or $10 or whatever it is. So all you've got to do is put a chip in the end of your fingers, turn your hand down like you're trying to touch your wrist, and you can comshaw — or...1972, Bruce Jackson, In the life: versions of the criminal experience, page 124
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- Comshawed is the simple past and past participle of comshaw.
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