chew the rag

Example Sentences

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The gossip of scientists who get together and chew the rag is the lifeblood of physics.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'll be depressive soon enough, but while you eat your candy just allow me to chew the rag; there's a kind of substance in it."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Here they sleep, eat, wait for trains, and "chew the rag."

From Notes of an Itinerant Policeman by Flynt, Josiah

I reserve these words for use when I chew the rag.

From Botchan (Master Darling) by Morri, Yasotaro

I ain't gonna chew the rag with you.

From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod