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Definition of Chaffery
1. n. Traffic; bargaining.
Definition of Chaffery
1. Noun. (obsolete) traffic; bargaining ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chaffery
1. the act of trading [n CHAFFERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaffery
Literary usage of Chaffery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surrey Archaeological Collections by Surrey Archaeological Society (1903)
"Att the Lower Finery & chaffery. ... two hare plates, one fore plate, twoo
pl-.ites before the chaffery, ... Likewise Att the chaffery and Finery. ..."
2. The Forest of Dean: An Historical and Descriptive Account by Henry George Nicholls (1858)
"A great Buttress behind the Furnace to strengthen it. " Lydbrook Forge.—1 chaffery,
2 Fineries, House built i years, being burnt by accident. ..."
3. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by Massachusetts County Court (Essex County), George Francis Dow (1921)
"... chaffery & on the flower, 2 of them in the house, all weighing 20 C., 10li.; 7
pr. of tongs, wt. 1 C. 4li., Hi. 9s.; 1C of old Hoops & other Iron, Hi. ..."
4. Ireland Under Elizabeth and James the First by Edmund Spenser, John Davies, Fynes Moryson, Henry Morley (1890)
"... of the second be all sciences and those which be called liberal arts; of the
third is merchandise and chaffery!—that is, buying and selling. ..."
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