filling

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He talked on, therefore, at great length, while I merely leaned back in my chair with my eyes shut, and amused myself with munching raisins and filliping the stems about the room.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan

"This allegory all seems much ado about nothing," she said presently, filliping over the leaves.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 by Various

Nidderdale was filliping bits of paper across the table at Carbury. 

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony

And I would accept it with preoccupied mien, take a deep bite, and go on filliping my buttons.

From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham

The little one was getting restless, and two of the boys began filliping crumbs at one another.

From The Two Sides of the Shield by Yonge, Charlotte Mary