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
“What do ye chaffer about?” cried Lady Lisle, in her old sharp manner.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
"Keep your chaffer still, won't 'ee!" snarled the other.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
Somehow, he and Thisbe drift off together, and Mamma, very portly and very voluble, is left to chaffer and sort and select alone.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
It would not cheapen in the chaffer; on the contrary, give him the usufruct for a few years, and he would be not only the happiest but the most considerable of men.
From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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