had been teaseling

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of teasel.
  teasel

  noun

  any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.

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