Example Sentences

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"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

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

He had been chaffing with the girls, yet listening to the talk of the elders.

From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Why, he had been off his machine a dozen times that morning, fighting men who had been chaffing him!

From A Canterbury Pilgrimage by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins

Time for tea at Buckingham Palace?’ for he had won the watch at a singing contest only the night before, and his mates had been chaffing him about it all day.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.