sass
noun
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
had been sassing
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past perfect progressiveof sass.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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His wife had been sassing the grocer and the butter-man on the back of her checks.
From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Bill Nye
