Chesnutt

[ ches-nuht, -nuht ]

noun
  1. Charles Wad·dell [wo-del], /wɒˈdɛl/, 1858–1932, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.

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How to use Chesnutt in a sentence

  • Mr. Chesnutt has admirably summed up the personal characteristics of the oratory of Douglass.

  • No man feels more keenly the race distinctions than one like Chesnutt, more Caucasian than African in his make-up.

    The Southern South | Albert Bushnell Hart
  • Charles W. Chesnutt, too, is esteemed not only for his sketches but also for a distinct charm of character.

  • Charles W. Chesnutt, the novelist, tells some amusing and pathetic stories of distinctions between colored and black.

    Half a Man | Mary White Ovington
  • They liv in the ground, and are az prikly all over az a Chesnutt burr, or a case ov the hives.