What does "chaffer" mean?
Chaffer: To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.
- 3.To buy or sell; to trade in. He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser.
- 4.To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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