Word: chaunking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...accepting a beauty contest judgeship from Syracuse University Artist Flagg declared: "All sorts of colleges every year do this to me . . . and I have had to gaze on some of the most god-awful female mugs in this broad tho' narrow land. . . ." -ED. Chaunk v. Chomp...
...doctored more green apple colics than ordinary and she says all apple eaters "chaunk'' apples & it's the "chaunkings" that the youthful stomachs won't stomach...
...furthermore "chaunk" connotes the apple-eating tune more faithfully...
...think you should leave it up to the Ambassador before you add "chomp" to the dictionary. If he says he would rather "chomp" than "chaunk" all right. I give up. But after "chaunking" all my life and supposing it was "chaunking" I am going to be disappointed to go to "chomping...
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