Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who chaffers; a bargainer; a buyer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who chaffers; a bargainer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
chaffers ; abargainer .
Etymologies
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chaffer + -er
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Examples
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He turned in an instant from an outraged gentleman to an anxious chafferer recommending his goods.
Whirligigs O. Henry 1886
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The father stands up superb in the curate's cassock, and points the door to the chafferer of virgins! "
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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