chaffer
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There appraisers sit with ancient scales, chaffer to the utmost kran,* seal their purchase with a solemn glass of tea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Round and chaffer small end the same, almost to an edge.
From Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
"But I got to put that little chaffer to roost somewhere."
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Anton Otto Fischer
Ah! honest love would make no chaffer thus!
From Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en by George Francis Dawson
He began to chaffer and bargain with himself, and availed himself of the expedient which the weak and dishonest are always ready to employ,--he carried the war into the enemy's camp.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter
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