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- noun Plural form of
chafing .
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Examples
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Tom had been restless and full of chafings and repinings; conscience-smitten, too — he could not meet Amy
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‘Then let me do it,’ said I, ‘and lose not a moment in vain repinings and idle chafings against my fate, and those who influence it.’
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And sex, anywhere in every manner, a penitential workout on the page with no thought of backaches, chafings, or phallic fatigue.
Paradise Lost Hardwick, Elizabeth 1997
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Between the chores, the chafings, and the puzzled search for sanctity were hours in which she could bit by bit, year by year, rebuild herself.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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Between the chores, the chafings, and the puzzled search for sanctity were hours in which she could bit by bit, year by year, rebuild herself.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988
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His body found itself unable to withstand the chafings and struggles of his energetic and adventurous spirit under the mortifications and disappointments of his position; the fears and suspicions of the court of Lisbon were soon removed by his death.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various
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This ointment may be applied to all cuts, bruises, skin eruptions, chafings and sores of minor importance.
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Coomber stood watching with silent but intense anxiety the efforts of the dame to restore animation, not daring to join in the vigorous chafings and slappings administered, for fear his rough horny hands should hurt the tender blue-white limbs.
A Sailor's Lass Emma Leslie
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The pontoons are required to be air-tight, and are temporarily made partially useless by punctures, bullet-holes, rents and chafings, although they are easily repaired.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various
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Her resentments, her objections, her chafings, she tried to hold in check.
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