were chaffing
- past progressive of chaff.
Example Sentences
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And though very often we caught people laughing, The occasions they chose made us think they were chaffing.
From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various
In the front-line trench a small group of Yorkshire lads were chaffing one another.
From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip
The red-coated earth-digger, Veale, and one or two others, had got around Mr. Allen and were chaffing him irreverently.
From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.
When they were chaffing Val about his ribbon.
From Nightfall by Pryde, Anthony
Both had short white kid gloves that showed a little rim of red wrist; their friends were chaffing them unmercifully; the bride was giggling, the sailor looking imperturbable.
From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora
