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
I wisht I'd 'a' had him runnin' the 'Guzzuh' instead of that little chicken-breasted chaffer they three-shelled on to me in Los Angeles.
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Anton Otto Fischer
"Keep your chaffer still, won't 'ee!" snarled the other.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
A board the same thickness, 30 inches long, 3 1/2 inches wide, taper down 2 1/8 small end round chaffer.
From Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
You didn’t know I could chaffer Latin with the best of ’em, did you?
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
