chafer

How to use chafer in a sentence

• I am not such a heel-chafer as an old leather shoe in spring.

  The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson

• A single eye in his head, as broad as an oxhide, as black as a chafer, with three pupils therein.

  The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga | Various

• Wide as an oxhide was the single eye protruding from his forehead, with seven pupils therein, which were black as a chafer.

  The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga | Various

• The chafer was associated with the sun in Egypt, the broken egg engaged the attention of the thinking in Tibet.

  Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes | Lina Eckenstein

• A dark brown fly somewhat resembling the 'chafer replaced the stretcher.

  Fishing With The Fly | Charles F. Orvis and Others