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
You didn’t know I could chaffer Latin with the best of ’em, did you?
From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade
Round and chaffer small end the same, almost to an edge.
From Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)
"Keep your chaffer still, won't 'ee!" snarled the other.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery
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
