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

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade

After a long chaffer, seller and buyer finally reached an agreement.

From The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death by De Leon, Solon

"And, excuse me, sir; what pay will you give us?—not that I wish to chaffer with one who has come to my rescue in so generous a manner."

From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick

Thou would not want me to chaffer with old women about geese-feathers and bird-eggs.

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston