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Pronunciation : Chaff"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One who chaffs.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Chaf"fer
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ce?p a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare.]
Definition : Defn: Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] Holished.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Chaf"fer
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.]
Definition : 1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden.

2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.

i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Chaf"fer
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To buy or sell; to trade in. He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser.

2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913