DICKERS

Noun

dickers

plural of dicker

Anagrams

• Redicks, desrick, scriked

Source: Wiktionary


DICKER

Dick"er, n. Etym: [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See Ten.]

1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.] A dicker of cowhides. Heywood.

2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier.

Dick"er, v. i. & t.

Definition: To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." Cooper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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