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

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)

I wisht I'd 'a' had him runnin' the 'Guzzuh' instead of that little chicken-breasted chaffer they three-shelled on to me in Los Angeles.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

Pashur I will not chaffer with God’s majesty.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

We do not bargain and chaffer over our feelings, Hester and I. Surely you mistake, and stir storms in teacups.

From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack