Everybody chaffs me about it.
"Muslin"
George Moore
And he says, says he, Mr. Drysdale, as arra one of he's dogs'll draw the old un three times, while arra Oxford dog'll draw un twice, and Honble Wernham chaffs as how he'll back un for a fi' pun note;"-and Joe stopped to caress Jack, who was fawning on him as if he understood every word.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes
"My dear girl," he said, "why is it that a woman can never understand that when a man feels most he chaffs, especially if he has cultivated the beastly habit.
"What Dreams May Come"
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton