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CHAFFER
haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster
(verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); “Let’s not haggle over a few dollars”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
chaffer (third-person singular simple present chaffers, present participle chaffering, simple past and past participle chaffered)
(intransitive) To haggle or barter.
(transitive) To buy.
To talk much and idly; to chatter.
Synonyms
• bargain
• barter
• haggle
• negotiate
Noun
chaffer
bargaining; merchandise
Etymology 2
Noun
chaffer (plural chaffers)
(agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
Coordinate terms
• blower
• cleaning sieve
Source: Wiktionary
Chaff"er, n.
Definition: One who chaffs.
Chaf"fer, n. Etym: [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ceáp a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare.]
Definition: Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] Holished.
Chaf"fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffering.] Etym: [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.]
1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden.
2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.
Chaf"fer, v. t.
1. To buy or sell; to trade in. He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser.
2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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