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
He could not chaffer for terms with the tailor.
From Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
Now take block plane and chaffer off each side an inch or more up and round it off.
From Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
You have the strength, the courage, the brains—why chaffer when you have but to strike once to win all?
From The Doomsman by Van Tassel Sutphen
“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
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