chisel
noun
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
were chiseling
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past progressiveof chisel.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Also, OPA decided most of the big packers were chiseling, cracked down on 100 of them for upgrading meat and for short-weighing butchers to get around the price ceiling.
From Time Magazine Archive
His union countercharged that a group of fly-by-night dressmakers were chiseling on union contracts.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked at the letters the soldiers were chiseling: Volpini, a friend.
From Time Magazine Archive
