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One who chaffs.

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  1. n. One who chaffs.
  2. n. Bargaining; merchandise.
  3. n. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
  4. n. To talk much and idly; to chatter.
  5. v. t. To buy or sell; to trade in.
  6. v. t. To exchange; to bandy, as words.
  7. v. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
  8. v. talk socially without exchanging too much information
  9. One who chaffs. Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] Holished. 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. 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.
  10. v wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) v talk socially without exchanging too much information