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  • "I'll have you know my time's too valuable to be wastin 'chattin' with everybody who wants to tell me his life story."

    Myth-Nomers And Im-Pervections Asprin, Robert 1987

  • He's settin 'up an' chattin 'as if nothin' happened.

    Beverly of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • So, pretty soon we wuz workin 'like bees, an' chattin 'by spells, as neighbors should, about the harvestin', an 'the hard work, an' the aguey, an 'the Republican rally, an' the thrivin 'business of them wicked saloons when politics wuz flyin' all abroad, an 'other subjects harmonious to the company.

    Dialect Tales 1883

  • Dale an 'me was sittin', about two in the mornin ', at the station fire smokin' our pipes (for it was my turn on duty) an 'chattin' away about one thing an 'another, when somehow we got upon tellin' our experiences, an 'Dale he tells me a story o' how he was once called to a fire in a cemetary, an 'had to go down among the coffins -- for they was afire -- an' what a fright some o 'his men got, when, just as he had finished, an' all my flesh was creepin 'at wot I'd heard, there comes a ring at the bell an' a call to a fire in Portland Street.

    Fighting the Flames 1859

  • Adn aifinkso izza mos wunnermus type ob addikshun tu hab…chattin wiff da Cheezfrens!

    Dumb dog. I always hide in the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • "That's the work we're chattin 'about, and a job it's goin' t 'be, I'd wager."

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • They'll be excited for my success and spend all the time in the world chattin 'me up about it - and THEN telling everyone else.

    High on the Hog 2008

  • "Actually, mate, I've been chattin" up that squirrelish barmaid over there.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • You've been prancing around overseas for the last 2 months chit chattin with your croonies.

    McCain campaign again challenges Obama over town halls 2008

  • That year I adjusted to being in college and all the late nights studying and staying up chattin' with the girls.

    I wish an apple a day kept the Dr. away Jill 2010

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