chew the rag
Example Sentences
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The gossip of scientists who get together and chew the rag is the lifeblood of physics.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'll be depressive soon enough, but while you eat your candy just allow me to chew the rag; there's a kind of substance in it."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
I ain't gonna chew the rag with you.
From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod
They don't do nothin' but ride 'em 'n' drive 'em 'n' chew the rag about 'em—men 'n' women the same.
From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay
I ain't kickin', all he wants to do is to look at the mare 'n' chew the rag about her.
From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay
