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

And yet you dared to chaffer with me?

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

I've often seen un at our races, but I little thought of having to chaffer with un.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

Pashur I will not chaffer with God’s majesty.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

You didn’t know I could chaffer Latin with the best of ’em, did you?

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade