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
"And, excuse me, sir; what pay will you give us?—not that I wish to chaffer with one who has come to my rescue in so generous a manner."
From A Desperate Voyage by Edward Frederick Knight
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
I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks.
From Too Rich A Romance by Adolph Streckfuss
To take a house, buy a horse, or hire a servant without the intervention of another man to disparage the article, chaffer over the price, and disgust the vendor, is an act of impetuous folly.
From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Charles James Lever
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