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[syn: dicker, bargain]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dicker \Dick"er\, n. [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr,
Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the
number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten,
fr. decem ten. See Ten.]
1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or
skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.]
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A dicker of cowhides. --Heywood.
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2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to
make a dicker. [U.S.]
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For peddling dicker, not for honest sales.
--Whittier.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dicker \Dick"er\, v. i. & t.
To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker.
and to swap." --Cooper. Dickey
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dicker
v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a
beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "dicker":
bargain, barter, beat down, bid, bid for, chaffer, cheapen, deal,
drive a bargain, haggle, higgle, huckster, jew down, negotiate,
negotiation, outbid, palter, trade, underbid