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Thread #126242   Message #2804197
Posted By: bobad
05-Jan-10 - 02:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: History of horses in US
Subject: RE: BS: History of horses in US
The word is "champing" not ""chomping"

champ1
vb
1. to munch (food) noisily like a horse
2. (when intr, often foll by on, at, etc.) to bite (something) nervously or impatiently; gnaw
champ (or chafe) at the bit Informal to be impatient to start work, a journey, etc.