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
Sometimes a particular "lot" will attract the attention of a spectator, and he will chaffer about it for a while; but the sales do not often appear to be very brisk.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
To an Englishman who has not travelled in the States and become familiar with the methods employed there by business men, it seems odd that anyone should chaffer with the clerk at a ticket-office.
From A Tramp's Notebook by Morley Roberts
We do not bargain and chaffer over our feelings, Hester and I. Surely you mistake, and stir storms in teacups.
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by Jack London
The hubbub and chaffer of it all went on the day long.
From The Heart of Unaga by Ridgwell Cullum
