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Cook had chapped hands very badly, and she went to the chemist's one evening for a little glycerine.

From Happy Days by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

"Yes, my little man," Slightly anxiously replied, who had chapped knuckles.

From Peter Pan by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Oh, yes! her young mistress had brought it back from Wolgast for her skin, and had once given her some when she had chapped hands, and it had done her a vast deal of good.

From Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 by Meinhold, Wilhelm

Ray, who was the more sensitive and always minded things more, had chapped hands and they hurt.

From Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life by Anderson, Sherwood