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Examples

  • But of course, "Chuff" might have 'phoned from a house round the corner.

    The Lion's Mouse 1901

  • "I've been thinking hard since you told me how 'Chuff' 'phoned to' Pete, 'and took you for Kit.

    The Lion's Mouse 1901

  • ‘“He shall not weary for my death, Chuff;” that was what he said next,’ pursued the old clerk, as he wiped his eyes;

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

  • Nelson Collingwood; pretty Mrs. Sackville; Mrs. Captain Chuff (Mrs. Commodore Chuff we call her), were all there; the latter, of course, in the vermilion tabinet, which, splendid as it is, is nothing in comparison to the splendour of the ‘Sarcophagus.’

    The Book of Snobs 2006

  • Sackville Maine (whose name is a hundred times more elegant, surely, than that of Chuff) was blest with a pretty wife, and a genteel mother-inlaw, both of whom some people may envy him.

    The Book of Snobs 2006

  • ‘I grow deafer every day, Chuff,’ said Anthony, with as much softness of manner, or, to describe it more correctly, with as little hardness as he was capable of expressing.

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

  • Chuff, chuff, chuff, went the machine like a corn-cutter on a hot day.

    Between the Acts 2004

  • Chuff, chuff, chuff the machine buzzed in the bushes.

    Between the Acts 2004

  • After a moment, Chuff peered out into a deserted corridor.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

  • Chuff did as he was asked, plus a couple of embellishments.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

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