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comshawing

comshawing is the present participle and gerund of comshaw.

Meaning of comshaw

Verb

comshaw (third-person singular simple present comshaws, present participle comshawing, simple past and past participle comshawed)

  1. (slang) 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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Questions about comshawing

What is comshawing the present participle and gerund of?
Comshawing is the present participle and gerund of comshaw.

Words near comshawing in the dictionary

  1. comsat
  2. comsats
  3. comsec
  4. comshaw
  5. comshawed
  6. comshawing
  7. comshaws
  8. comship
  9. comshipper
  10. comshippers
  11. COMSOC

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