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)

He could not chaffer for terms with the tailor.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony

Just as on the exchanges, speculation and chaffer play here the leading role, nor are deception and swindle left out.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel

"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