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
But we know that if Assyrian balm was ever for the world's chaffer it was in the days of Borso, the good Duke.
From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
"And, excuse me, sir; what pay will you give us?—not that I wish to chaffer with one who has come to my rescue in so generous a manner."
From A Desperate Voyage by Edward Frederick Knight
“What do ye chaffer about?” cried Lady Lisle, in her old sharp manner.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
Thou would not want me to chaffer with old women about geese-feathers and bird-eggs.
From Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
