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
Thou would not want me to chaffer with old women about geese-feathers and bird-eggs.
From Jan Vedder's Wife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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 Reuter, Fritz
And thankful she was that Goodman Kellar came the next moment with eggs and butter for Mistress Cory Ann to chaffer or bargain about.
From Maid Sally by Cheever, Harriet A.
Ah! honest love would make no chaffer thus!
From Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en by Dawson, George Francis
