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

Ah! honest love would make no chaffer thus!

From Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en by Dawson, George Francis

“What do ye chaffer about?” cried Lady Lisle, in her old sharp manner.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

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

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade

"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