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But I forgive you because I believe you must have been chaffing, and because it's my first proposal; so at all events I can't die without having had at least one.

From Lady Betty Across the Water by Lowell, Orson

Ah, I am glad of that," the doctor said, rubbing his hands together; "they have been chaffing me in the wardroom about it, and prophesying that I should never hear of him again.

From Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)