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Father Conmee sat in a corner of the tramcar, a blue ticket tucked with care in the eye of one plump kid glove, while four shillings, a sixpence and five pennies chuted from his other plump glovepalm into his purse. Passing the ivy church he reflected that the ticket inspector usually made his visit when one had carelessly thrown away the ticket.

James Joyce - Ulysses

Hay thus gathered was worth in those days from $80 to $100 per ton. About two and a half miles from the Tavern we come to a wood road, which is followed for half a mile. Years ago all these slopes were denuded of their valuable timber, which was "chuted" down to the Lake and then towed across to the sawmills at Glenbrook.

George Wharton James - The Lake of the Sky: Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter

"See here, Stacy Brown, what did you see what did you shoot at?" he demanded sternly. "I I shot the chute I I mean I chuted the shot I mean " "Say, what do you mean?" "I I mean say, leggo my neck, will you?" roared Chunky. "Fellows, he doesn't know what he means." "Guess he's been feeding on crazy grass out on the prairie," was Ned's conclusion. "There isn't an Indian anywhere around here.

Frank Gee Patchin - The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico : Or, the End of the Silver Trail