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chaff
- Entry Word:
- chaff
- Function:
- noun
Text:
1
discarded or useless material<thereʼs a lot of chaff in this book, and the reader should be on the alert for it>— see garbage
2
good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks<I got no end of chaff about my accent at the new school>— see banter
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