chaffer
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈtʃæfə/ / /ˈt͡ʃæfɚ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English chaff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English chaffer From chaff + -er.
- The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed.
“A fan blows air through the chaffer to remove lightweight material known as chaff.”
- A person who or thing that chaffs.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English chaffare (“a bargain, a trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare.
- To haggle or barter.
“To chaffer for preferment with his gold.”
“Walter declined the invitation, precisely because he wanted a dinner. He was, also, conscious that he had made a very bad bargain; but how could he chaffer and dispute about things so precious as the contents of those pages which were the very outpourings of his heart?”
- To buy.
- To talk much and idly; to chatter.
“The Dartie within him made him chaffer for five minutes with young Padwick concerning the favourite for the Cambridgeshire.”