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单词 to moisten one's chaffer
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to moisten (or cool) one's chaffer
1. The mouth or throat, esp. in to moisten (or cool) one's chaffer: to have a drink. Also: the tongue. Obsolete.
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1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 228 If you'll keep your chaffers close, and put your listeners forward, you shall hear all about it.
1822 Eng. Chron. 18 July The Tamworth men now let loose their ‘chaffers’, vociferating ten to one.
1890 F. W. Carew No. 747 xxxv. 415 Jem awoke me with an intimation that he would like to ‘moisten his chaffer’.
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