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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CHAWSOME, adj. Causing envious disappointment (Lnk.3 1939). See Chaw, v.1, 2. [′tʃɑ:səm]Sc. 1853 W. Anderson Exposure of Popery (1878) 190:
Privileged saints! the Saints of Popery! How chawsome to us Protestants.
Slg. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 110:
It's chawsome for the cratur, She's stravaigin' there her lane.
w.Dmf. 1910 J. L. Waugh Cracks wi' Robbie Doo viii.:
I'm no' boastin', or showin' off my gear in a chawsome way, ye ken.

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