1 Obviously the landowner was chaffing Sviazhsky, who, far from resenting it, was apparently amused by it.
2 Three patrol wagons were drawn up at the curb, and the whole neighborhood had turned out to see the sport; there was much chaffing, and a universal craning of necks.
3 You'd look fine, said a corporal, chaffing a thin little soldier who bent under the weight of his knapsack.
4 I wouldn't have the Scotland Yarders know it for the world," he cried, dropping into his chair; "I have chaffed them so much that they would never have let me hear the end of it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR 5 "Jump in, Bill," Mrs. Manresa chaffed him.
6 You may possibly remember that you chaffed me a little, some hours ago, when the sun seemed on your side of the hedge, so you must not grudge me a little pomp and ceremony now.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 7 They called him "little falcon" or "Platosha," chaffed him good-naturedly, and sent him on errands.
8 The old prince disputed it chaffingly, but without getting angry.