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

You have the strength, the courage, the brains—why chaffer when you have but to strike once to win all?

From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel

Now take block plane and chaffer off each side an inch or more up and round it off.

From Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

Well, I’ll see: maybe I shall walk over one of these days and chaffer with him.

From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

There was a business chaffer, and the affair was virtually settled.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie