had chaffed
- past perfect of chaff.
Example Sentences
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He had chaffed her on account of her fear of the fierce clumsy birds.
From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills
We were clear of the Heads, and the skipper, having turned over to Mac, was trying to forget that imperious call o’ the sea he had chaffed ’Arry about by showing me round.
From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.
So it came that I met all, or nearly all the guests, groups who had chaffed at me, and yet, knowing my status, made me one of them.
From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley
Yet Phemie had not ceased to be virtuous, only as her friends had chaffed her several times about her ring with red hair, she had had it dyed black.
From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Murger, Henry
After he had chaffed the girls a while he took Doctor Hoffman down-stairs, "out of the crowd," he said, and Mrs. Underhill gave them a cup of delicious tea.
From A Little Girl in Old New York by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
