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
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
I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks.
From Too Rich A Romance by Adolph Streckfuss
"Keep your chaffer still, won't 'ee!" snarled the other.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
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
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