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 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
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 A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Just as on the exchanges, speculation and chaffer play here the leading role, nor are deception and swindle left out.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks.
From Too Rich A Romance by Adolph Streckfuss
