chinches
- plural of chinch.
Example Sentences
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All the houses was made of logs and we slept on shuck and grass mattresses what was allus full of chinches.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
Lady, dar's one of dem chinches from my bed a-crawlin' over your pretty white dress.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
Immediately the chinches disappeared and not one could be found, although one could gather than by handfuls before, as they say.”
We have a house to live in now, and de chinches eat us up almos, and we have nuthin' to live on now, jist a little from charity.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various
All the troublesome vermin that ever I heard anybody complain of, are either frogs, snakes, musquitoes, chinches, seed ticks, or red worms, by some called potato lice.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert