To chaffer for preferment with his gold.
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Chaffer
//ˈtʃæfə//
Synonyms for "chaffer" (43 found)
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8 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пазарлък noun (bargaining; merchandise)
- пазаря се verb (haggle or barter)
Finnish
4 entries- kaupanhieronta noun (bargaining; merchandise)
- kaupittelu noun (bargaining; merchandise)
- yläseula noun (upper sieve of a cleaning shoe)
- tinkiä verb (haggle or barter)
German
1 entries- Obersieb noun (upper sieve of a cleaning shoe)
Turkish
1 entries- pazarlık etmek verb (haggle or barter)
Sample sentences
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Walter declined the invitation, precisely because he wanted a dinner. He was, also, conscious that he had made a very bad bargain; but how could he chaffer and dispute about things so precious as the contents of those pages which were the very outpourings of his heart?
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While he is at the front end selling calico to some wearisome old lady, sunbonneted and chaffering, a mischievous boy is very apt to be pocketing lumps of sugar for profit, or starting the faucet of a molasses barrel for fun at the other.
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But the people looked much like Caleb’s own. They wore dirty robes, chaffered at fruit stalls, spat, scratched.
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