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
"But I got to put that little chaffer to roost somewhere."
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Anton Otto Fischer
You didn’t know I could chaffer Latin with the best of ’em, did you?
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks.
From Too Rich A Romance by Adolph Streckfuss
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
