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n. - Foil in thin strips; Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds v. - Be silly or tease one another.

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  • As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you.
  • And the chaff is a great big huge gigantic pile all right!
  • I had to seperate the chaff from the sellable items.
  • The problem with chaff is that it tends to bury good work.
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