chaffer

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CHAFFER, verb intransitive To treat about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle; to negotiate; to chop and change; as, to chaffer for preferments. CHAFFER, verb transitive To buy; to exchange. CHAFFER, noun One who chaffers; a bargainer; a buyer.
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