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Definition of Chaffering
1. chaffer [v] - See also: chaffer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaffering
Literary usage of Chaffering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Examination of the Various Charges Exhibited Against Aaron Burr, Esq by William Peter Van Ness (1804)
"... sports of the turf, jockeying in horses, and in chaffering politics, without
ingenuity to devise,, or spirit to pursue any systematic plan of iniquity. ..."
2. The Egyptian Sketch Book by Charles Godfrey Leland (1874)
"Beating Down and chaffering. — Chanters who meddle in buying. — Want .of Respect
for Foreigners caused by undue Familiarity. — The Old Gentleman who sang ..."
3. Across Chrysê by Archibald Ross Colquhoun (1883)
"... Overhanging cliffs—A field for the artist—Cascades, subterranean passages,
and blow-holes—A cave-dweller—chaffering—Imperturbability of the Chinese. ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"I was not aware that "chaffering" was a "necessity" in the dealings between
authors and publishers, though in semi-civilized countries no transaction ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"I was not aware that "chaffering" was a "necessity" in the dealings between
authors and publishers, though in semi-civilized countries no transaction ..."
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