chaff
noun
the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
had chaffed
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past perfectof chaff.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And Dolly Longstaff had chaffed his friend Popplecourt on the subject, Popplecourt having laid himself open by indiscreet allusions to Dolly's love for Miss Boncassen.
From The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
The doctor had chaffed me so villanously all the way back that my disappointment and mortification had vanished, and had given place to a feeling of resentment.
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille
He had chaffed her on account of her fear of the fierce clumsy birds.
From The Shadow of the Past by F.E. Mills Young
Although Henderson had chaffed Daubeny on his virtuous stillness, yet all the boys sat very nearly as quiet as Dubbs himself during school hours.
From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by H. C. (Harold C.) Earnshaw
The Pornell players had chaffed him on account of his size, and now that the victory was won, he did not mean to let them forget their defeat too quickly.
From The Rover Boys out West Or, The Search for a Lost Mine by Edward Stratemeyer
