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he went on chuffily, summing up: latent fever,--the very lips were blue, dry as husks; "he would go,--_oui_?--then go!"

—The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862

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In a chuffy manner; rudely; surlily; clownishly. John answered chuffily. Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe.

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he went on chuffily, summing up: latent fever,--the very lips were blue, dry as husks; "he would go,--_oui_?--then go!" — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862
he went on chuffily, summing up: latent fever,--the very lips were blue, dry as husks; "he would go,--oui?--then go!" — Margret Howth, a Story of To-day
-- ja wohl! "he went on chuffily, summing up: latent fever, -- the very lips were blue, dry as husks;" he would go, -- oui? — Margret Howth, a Story of To-day

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