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chaffing













NOUN
persiflage
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Invest in gear Guiney said investing in your gaffing career means buying your own equipment and keeping it organized.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021

“And a bunch of gaffing tape,” Batt said.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 25, 2016

When not actively gaffing, Jeb is busy cleaning up gaffes.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2015

Once at shore, someone can help you by gaffing the fish.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2015

He came to a few moments later, just in time to see an enraged Harry Secor chasing the warden down the river, wielding a gaffing pole like a spear.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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