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

He could not chaffer for terms with the tailor.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony

Brought face to face with the question of work and 205 wage, all the shrewd calculating instincts of a race of women accustomed to chaffer and bargain awoke within her.

From A Singer from the Sea by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Pashur I will not chaffer with God’s majesty.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

But we know that if Assyrian balm was ever for the world's chaffer it was in the days of Borso, the good Duke.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry