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I Chaff V Tease Good Natured Chaffed Joining Wea

Word chaff (v.)
Definition v. To tease in a good-natured way.
Sentence I very often get chaffed since joining the WEA about what a lot I have to say and how prepared I am to argue.
Source The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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