dicker
verb (used without object)
to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
have been dickering
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present perfect progressiveof dicker.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Floyd B. Odium, who have been dickering over Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp., last week came to terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some have been dickering with the staff of Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski in hopes of exchanging their knowledge for relatively light charges.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ever since then Egyptians and Persians have been dickering over a suitable divorce settlement for Fawzia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Exhibited in Manhattan, the crown was appraised at $4,500,000 by its new owners, who have been dickering for it since 1914 when Pope Pius X gave permission for the sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other groups, including rival foreign-based funds, have been dickering to gain control of I.O.S. and provide just that.
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