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Examples
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But of course, "Chuff" might have 'phoned from a house round the corner.
The Lion's Mouse 1901
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"I've been thinking hard since you told me how 'Chuff' 'phoned to' Pete, 'and took you for Kit.
The Lion's Mouse 1901
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‘“He shall not weary for my death, Chuff;” that was what he said next,’ pursued the old clerk, as he wiped his eyes;
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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
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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
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‘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.
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Chuff, chuff, chuff, went the machine like a corn-cutter on a hot day.
Between the Acts 2004
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Chuff, chuff, chuff the machine buzzed in the bushes.
Between the Acts 2004
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After a moment, Chuff peered out into a deserted corridor.
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Chuff did as he was asked, plus a couple of embellishments.
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