Meaning of chince | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“I planted last spring 100 acres of ground in corn, it was in fine order and the season was good, but the chince bug (an enemy I never saw before) attacked it and instead of 1200 barrils I gathered but 600.”

“Drouth, chince–bugs, hail, everything! My garden all cut to pieces like sauerkraut.”

“Dere wasn't a chince [bedbug] on a one of em. Better not see a chince on a bed.”

“Tis true we have sometimes been obliged to cook our own victuals, sometimes to be content with very scanty fare, and sometimes with none at all ; nor were we ever indulged with down beds, chince curtains, or Turkey carpets”

“It is not a chince, I do assure you, it is an English cotton, which I value much more.”

“All the old women had peaked ats, and crooked cains, and chince gowns tucked into the pockits of their quiltid petticoats;”

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