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
One least leaf plucked for chaffer from the bays Of their dear praise, One jot of their pure conquest put to hire, The implacable republic will require.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
And thankful she was that Goodman Kellar came the next moment with eggs and butter for Mistress Cory Ann to chaffer or bargain about.
From Maid Sally by Harriet A. Cheever
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
The hubbub and chaffer of it all went on the day long.
From The Heart of Unaga by Ridgwell Cullum
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