Meanings
nounchawbone (plural chawbones)
plural chawbones · alternative chawe bone · alternative chaw-bone
- obsolete outside archaic usageJawbone (maxillary bone).
The chawbone of the ox that at Christ's birth was […]
2003, A Select Collection of Old English Plays1 more example
"Ah, that's the problem, then. You've not lubricated your chawbones."
2000, Gary Blackwood, The Shakespeare Stealer, page 140
Origin
From chaw (“jaw, underjaw”) + bone.
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chawbone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chawbone
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“chawbone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chawbone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chawbone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chawbone.
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