in a huff

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*in a huff

Fig. in an angry or offended manner. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) He heard what we had to say, then left in a huff. She came in a huff and ordered us to bring her something to eat.

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Oh, very well--if you're in a huff,' cried Miggs, turning away. Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context That's good enough for little rubbishy common things -- specially with gals, cuz THEY go back on you anyway, and blab if they get in a huff -- but there orter be writing 'bout a big thing like this. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context He brought her to the Duchess and went back in a huff to finish his supper alone. The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context			imprint on imprint with imprison in improve on improvise on impute to in a bad mood in a bad way in a big way in a bind in a body in a class by in a cleft stick in a cold sweat in a coon's age in a dead heat in a delicate condition in a dither in a family way in a fix in a flash in a fog in a funk in a good light in a heartbeat in a huff in a jam in a jiffy in a lather in a little bit in a mad rush in a manner of speaking in a month of Sundays in a New York minute in a nut shell in a nutshell in a pickle in a pig's eye In a pig's eye! in a pinch in a pique in a quandary in a row in a rut in a second in a sense in a snit in a spot in a stage whisper in a stew in a stupor			In a coon's age in a couple of shakes in a dead heat in a delicate condition in a different class in a dilemma in a dither in a fair manner in a fair way in a fair way in a fair way In a family way In a family way In a fang In a Fix in a flash in a flash in a flash in a flash in a flash in a flash in a fog In a fume in a funk in a good light in a haze In a Heartbeat In a Heartbeat in a heartfelt way in a higher place in a huff in a jam in a jiffy in a lather in a light in a light in a light in a light in a line In A Little Bit In A Little Bit In a Little While in a low voice in a mad rush in a manner in a manner of speaking in a manner of speaking in a manner of speaking in a mass in a minute in a month of Sundays in a New York minute in a New York minute In A New York Second in a nut shell in a nutshell in a nutshell in a nutshell In a Perfect World In a Pickle In a pig's ass!

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