dicker
verb (used without object)
to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
were dickering
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past progressiveof dicker.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Last week Ross and the editors were still hopeful; they had put the July issue to bed and were dickering with three groups of hovering angels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Noted also was the fact that representatives of General Motors were dickering with Soviet officials for a similar privilege.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both ABC and Mutual were dickering for national network rights.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Russians were dickering for $750 million in goods, the Dutch for $250 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
You were dickering with the cheese, and the man said, 'How many crackers?'
From Blix by Frank Norris
