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Chaffer

//ˈtʃæfə// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Bargaining; merchandise. uncountable

    "vittels, and other chaffer and merchandize were excéeding cheape: for at London a quarter of wheat was sold for two shillings"

  2. 2
    The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed.

    "A fan blows air through the chaffer to remove lightweight material known as chaff."

  3. 3
    A person's mouth. countable, obsolete, slang

    "Moisten [or] damp your chaffer: take something to drink."

  4. 4
    A person who or thing that chaffs.
Verb
  1. 1
    To haggle or barter. intransitive

    "To chaffer for preferment with his gold."

  2. 2
    talk socially without exchanging too much information wordnet
  3. 3
    To buy. transitive
  4. 4
    wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) wordnet
  5. 5
    To talk much and idly; to chatter. informal, intransitive

    "The Dartie within him made him chaffer for five minutes with young Padwick concerning the favourite for the Cambridgeshire."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English chaffare (“a bargain, a trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare.

Etymology 2

From Middle English chaffare (“a bargain, a trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare.

Etymology 3

From chaff + -er.

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