chaffer

Example Sentences

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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

Sometimes a particular "lot" will attract the attention of a spectator, and he will chaffer about it for a while; but the sales do not often appear to be very brisk.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various

There was a business chaffer, and the affair was virtually settled.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks.

From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph

Well, I’ll see: maybe I shall walk over one of these days and chaffer with him.

From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)