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was jawboning

  • past progressive
    of jawbone.
    jawbone
    noun
    a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.

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Illustration by Tim RobinsonI was jawboning with a fellow on the dock the other day who was planning his first cruise to the Bahamas.

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