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Definition of Chafferer
1. n. One who chaffers; a bargainer.
Definition of Chafferer
1. Noun. One who chaffers; a bargainer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chafferer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chafferer
Literary usage of Chafferer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Road in Tuscany: A Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett (1904)
"... a good boat-builder or market- gardener than to command armies in the field
or build St. Peter's of Rome ? So your church- chafferer will sing " O Crux ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"A dealer, a chafferer. ... in the sense of purchaser, chafferer, or chapman in
modern language. "Nor are they, in any way, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The chafferer with thee Shall be my sister. [Aside: That for the eavesdropper.]
With thee as merchant have I naught to do. Nathan—Then doubtless thou ..."
4. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell: With Illustrations by James Russell Lowell (1891)
"... States climb to power by ; slippery those with gold Down which they stumble
to eternal mock : No chafferer's hand shall long the sceptre hold, Who, ..."
5. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"States climb to power by; slippery those with gold Down which they stumble to
eternal mock: No chafferer's hand shall long the sceptre hold, Who, ..."
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