horse trader

a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.

a person who trades in horses.

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What does “clement” mean?

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

The preceding incident leads to another, in which Lincoln himself figures as a horse-trader.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln|Francis Fisher Browne
"Now you listen at me, son," the horse-trader began again, when he judged the cooling process was sufficiently advanced.
The Quickening|Francis Lynde
The horse-trader looked long and hard, and they could hear him still talking to the dog.
The Quickening|Francis Lynde
A horse-trader offered him seventy-five dollars for the animal.
The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4|Various

He looks to me like a Yankee horse-trader, who is too intimate with the devil and his ways to be at all alarmed about them.
The Crime of the French Caf and Other Stories|Nicholas Carter