chanks

They was some chinquapin trees in the fiel 'and I jest natchally couldn' help stopping to pick up some 'chanks' now an 'then.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

Then all the villagers came out with weapons in their hands; and blowing chanks, and beating drums, they went near the field and shouted.

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

Then all the villagers came out with weapons in their hands; and blowing chanks, and beating drums, they went near the field and shouted.

Indian Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885

A trade more ancient by far than that carried on in chanks, and infinitely more renowned, is the fishery of pearls on the west coast of

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

Cosmas Indico pleustes, his reference to chanks at Marallo, 371.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

The persons engaged in this calling are chiefly Tamils and Moors, who are trained for the service by diving for chanks.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

_Wallampory_, or 'right-hand chanks,' are found of both kinds. "

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836