chaffer

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

There appraisers sit with ancient scales, chaffer to the utmost kran,* seal their purchase with a solemn glass of tea.

From Time Magazine Archive

The more usual term Chapman is cognate with cheap, chaffer, Chipping, Copenhagen, Ger. kaufen, to buy, etc.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

The hubbub and chaffer of it all went on the day long.

From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell

"But I got to put that little chaffer to roost somewhere."

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

Brought face to face with the question of work and 205 wage, all the shrewd calculating instincts of a race of women accustomed to chaffer and bargain awoke within her.

From A Singer from the Sea by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston