was chaffing
- past progressive of chaff.
Example Sentences
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He looked at his watch and then, turning in the saddle, addressed another officer of the regiment who was chaffing Raymond for being late: "Are we all here now, Captain Ross?"
From The Jungle Girl by Casserly, Gordon
White Pigeon said they were bric-a-brac—that the Attic Philosophers rolled themselves up in the rugs on the floor when they wished to sleep; but I have thought since that White Pigeon was chaffing me.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Hubbard, Elbert
It seemed incredible that six months before Raymond was chaffing the girls and bringing them fruit.
From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden
Captain Talbot was chaffing me about it yesterday.
From Muslin by Moore, George (George Augustus)
I was chaffing them about their row, and I heard the look-out man call out, 'A red light on the port bow, sir!'
From Looking Seaward Again by Runciman, Walter
