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looked upon
usually as a term of reproach—signifying a shrewd, sharp,
chaffering, oily-tongued, soft-sawdering, inquisitive, money-making, money-saving...
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answer the
questions of
purchasers who buy
their articles after meticulous chaffering. The poem also
describes the
musical instruments being used by the musicians...
- springtime, not
aware of daybreak, From all around, just
hearing chiff-
chaffering birds.
During the
night were
voices of wind and rain, But of the blossoms’...
- as is the rule for the
shrouded women of Iran,
these farmers'
wives chaffered and
haggled with the men in the
bazar outside the city,
transacting business...
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paved way (from
Cornish language cons)
Chacking –
thirsty Chacks – ch****s
Chaffering –
haggling over a
bargain Chea chaunter,
Cheechonter – stop your chatter...
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characteristic anecdotes of the bookseller's
unyielding toryism, of his
rebuffs to
chaffering customers, and of his
unwillingness to
supply the
London trade. He preferred...
