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

The more usual term Chapman is cognate with cheap, chaffer, Chipping, Copenhagen, Ger. kaufen, to buy, etc.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

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)

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

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

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