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

You didn’t know I could chaffer Latin with the best of ’em, did you?

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade

Sometimes a particular "lot" will attract the attention of a spectator, and he will chaffer about it for a while; but the sales do not often appear to be very brisk.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various

I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks.

From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph