chew the rag

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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

They don't do nothin' but ride 'em 'n' drive 'em 'n' chew the rag about 'em—men 'n' women the same.

From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay

"If you fellows are going to chew the rag all night I——" "Only a word more," interrupted Tom.

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell

XIX A pardon if too much I chew the rag, But say, it's getting rubbed in good and deep, And I have reached the limit where I weep As easy as a sentimental jag.

From The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum by Irwin, Wallace