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.

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

I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks.

From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph

"Keep your chaffer still, won't 'ee!" snarled the other.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery