What does "dicker" mean?
Dicker: A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier.
Additional senses
- 2.To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." Cooper.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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