chaffer
1bargaining; haggling.
to bargain; haggle: to chaffer over a price.
to bandy words; chatter: to chaffer about nothing in particular.
to bandy (words).
Obsolete. to trade or deal in; barter.
Origin of chaffer
1Other words from chaffer
- chaff·er·er, noun
Words Nearby chaffer
How to use chaffer in a sentence
We do not bargain and chaffer over our feelings, Hester and I. Surely you mistake, and stir storms in teacups.
The Kempton-Wace Letters | Jack LondonSir William kept calling Aaron into the chaffer at the other end of the table: and Aaron kept on refusing to join.
Aaron's Rod | D. H. LawrenceThe Liath Macha was grey to whiteness, the other horse was black and glistening like the bright mail of the chaffer.
The Coming of Cuculain | Standish O'GradyThou would not want me to chaffer with old women about geese-feathers and bird-eggs.
Jan Vedder's Wife | Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrNow take block plane and chaffer off each side an inch or more up and round it off.
Steel Traps | A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
British Dictionary definitions for chaffer
/ (ˈtʃæfə) /
(intr) to haggle or bargain
to chatter, talk, or say idly; bandy (words)
(tr) obsolete to deal in; barter
haggling or bargaining
Origin of chaffer
1Derived forms of chaffer
- chafferer, noun
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