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  • Jean adds: "I was just a link in a chain but we worked hard, and if we were ever caught slacking we got a talking to by the 'chiefy'.

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  • Of course Woods was competitive, chiefy with Mickelson.

    Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010

  • You will not be surprised to learn that, in the peculiar exigencies of the times, our intercourse with foreign nations has been attended with profound solicitude, chiefy turning upon our own domestic affairs.

    The Civil War in America. 1861

  • Our chiefy was Flight Sergeant Raynbird, who had been around for years and served on the airships, and he kept us all in line.

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  • O’Meara became the unofficial spokesman for the discontented players, chiefy Woods and David Duval, who believed they were being exploited.

    Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010

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