chuffy

Example Sentences

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Its chuffy exhaust billowed dust through the room.

From Time Magazine Archive

The international set. though, was not about to travel to the bottom of the world, board a chuffy little train and travel for five hours to the edge of nowhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

“But, by the way,” he said, stopping short, and sticking one finger on his forehead, “is this Sir Hampton the chuffy old gentleman we saw at the steeplechase?”

From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by Fenn, George Manville

He be very chuffy and masterful, and looks all round as he goo away, as though he wur lookin’ to see what ur would take next. 

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

However, it don’t do for us to be soft, so I says quite chuffy, as if I’d cut up rough— “What d’yer mean?”

From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville