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At one point Mr Fucarile stops the interview - his new prosthetic leg is chaffing, and he is beginning to blister.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2014

My dear fellow!" cried Prince S., with some annoyance, "don't you see that he is chaffing you?

From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.

He is chaffing you, doctor," said Edward; "it is logic.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

Jimmy and Cathy know well enough when their bold leader is chaffing and when he isn't.

From The Enchanted Castle by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Have you ever watched an elderly male or female—an elderly "party," so to speak, who begins to find out that some young wag of the company is "chaffing" him?

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace