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
"Keep your chaffer still, won't 'ee!" snarled the other.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
You didn’t know I could chaffer Latin with the best of ’em, did you?
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks.
From Too Rich A Romance by Adolph Streckfuss
The more usual term Chapman is cognate with cheap, chaffer, Chipping, Copenhagen, Ger. kaufen, to buy, etc.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
