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
“What do ye chaffer about?” cried Lady Lisle, in her old sharp manner.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
To an Englishman who has not travelled in the States and become familiar with the methods employed there by business men, it seems odd that anyone should chaffer with the clerk at a ticket-office.
From A Tramp's Notebook by Morley Roberts
He began to chaffer and bargain with himself, and availed himself of the expedient which the weak and dishonest are always ready to employ,--he carried the war into the enemy's camp.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter
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 Jack London
