had been chaffing
- past perfect progressive of chaff.
Example Sentences
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They had been chaffing the factor, and loudly challenging the constables to come on, when they recognised Malcolm in the distance, and expectancy stayed the rush of their bruising wit.
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
I said in desperation to him, after he had been chaffing me unmercifully on the same subject before a lot of people in the drawing-room one afternoon.
From Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story by Le Feuvre, Amy
I thought some one was playing me a trick, and imitating the ghost, for the ladies had been chaffing me a good deal that night; they often do.
From Home Again by MacDonald, George
"I would like to try a hitch with you, Squire," he said one day, when Cap'n Jack had been chaffing him.
From The Birthright by Hocking, Joseph
Shirley and I had been chaffing each other about the persistence with which Armitage seemed to follow us.
From The Port of Missing Men by Nicholson, Meredith
