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chaffing













NOUN
persiflage
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It causes less chaffing than other bras I’ve owned, too.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2019

And it works very well to help prevent chaffing, too.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2019

I walked and ran through the heat of my chaffing toes and the cold of my shredded heels.

From Salon Jun. 9, 2018

At one point Mr Fucarile stops the interview - his new prosthetic leg is chaffing, and he is beginning to blister.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2014

Rondon kept his temper under control but made the chaffing remark, “Well, you have had a splendid bath, eh?”

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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