| 单词 | chaffer |
| 例句 | The man stayed his chaffering, and looked up at us. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z And round each brood was a little group of townsfolk, making critical survey of the birds and, after a good deal of wordy chaffering, purchasing. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Now, I'm willing to take it for Tom Higginbotham; but I like to drive a keen bargain, and there would be no fun chaffering with thy mother just now. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z And yet you dared to chaffer with me? Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "And, excuse me, sir; what pay will you give us?—not that I wish to chaffer with one who has come to my rescue in so generous a manner." A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z And, since his own pockets were so poorly lined for the expensive part he was playing, he, who despised chaffering, was yet bent on making the very best bargain he could. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z In the 30 larger ones from a hundred to two hundred men are seen lounging at one time on the broad matted seats, shouting, chaffering, drinking coffee or sharbat and smoking chibouks or kalians. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z He did not dare face the King, he was bullied by the disorderly chiefs in the House of Commons, and he was always chaffering, but always afraid. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z I suppose you never fight your customers now to save chaffering, young man? A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z But the talking and chaffering are done by the women; the men move about paying but little attention to the bartering, unless something important, as the sale of a slave, is going on. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z In furniture there are many objects not deemed desirable by the fashionable collector; in porcelain and earthenware there is still much that has not reached the noisy mart to be chaffered over as being rare. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Byron lived long enough to know the value of money, as his correspondence with the late Mr Murray most abundantly testifies—indeed, I question whether any author ever beat him at the art of chaffering. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Shops and bazaars appeared on either hand, filled with a bustling, chaffering throng. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z But after a little chaffering the two come to an understanding, and shake hands to seal the bargain. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z I've often seen un at our races, but I little thought of having to chaffer with un. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z To come down to that low level of chaffering and barter is a dreadful descent from the heights where the love which delights in giving should ever dwell. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Peddlers' carts line the curb—carrots, shoes and small hardware—and there is shrill chaffering all the day. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The price he asked was two hundred dollars, upon which I offered him thirty, and after a long chaffering we agreed on fifty, which Clifton paid. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z I am sunk low enough, it is true, since I thus chaffer and bargain with you to sell you my assistance for a single kiss. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z We forced our way through crowds of merchants, each crying his wares; through buyers and sellers and idlers of every description, chattering and chaffering in all the languages of the world. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Pierre," said he, calling to a stalwart and villainous-looking soldier, who was engaged in a noisy chaffering with some comrades, "I have a dainty bit of work for you, Pierre. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The next moment Lucian was laughing and chaffering with the old negro's son's wife, and Priscilla gasped as she saw him pointing out turnips, carrots, and even summer squashes. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z He began to chaffer and bargain with himself, and availed himself of the expedient which the weak and dishonest are always ready to employ,--he carried the war into the enemy's camp. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z While this man delayed and chaffered, poor Bess might be suffering horribly. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z The sale was long in concluding,--purchasers chaffered as usual, when in treaty for an impoverished estate. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z At last the gypsies offer thirty reals for him; and after much chaffering I am glad to get rid of him at two dollars. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Ah! honest love would make no chaffer thus! Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en 2011-02-28T03:00:33.577Z He said to me that 'there was always a little chaffering before a good bargain.' A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z I will not chaffer with him; he may have as much as he asks. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z He inquired their price, found it wasna far beyond the mark, and, finally, after some chaffering, struck a bargain with the seller. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Behind its inlaid walls lay the garden in which Akbar chaffered with the ladies at the fair, and on the south side was the broad terrace whence Roger heaved the great stone onto the tiger. The Great Mogul Now take block plane and chaffer off each side an inch or more up and round it off. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps "Wilt thou sell me the Deluge outright?" asked Ptolemy after a silence, "for I am no hand at this chaffering." Idonia: A Romance of Old London At this the "ver' great trapper" assumed to take the proposal under consideration, smoking other pipes, chaffering and bargaining and prolonging his stay deep into the night. Stranded in Arcady I was bred a merchant before chaffering came into fashion. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Contrary to all justice, they were chaffered away by a foreign prince. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Round and chaffer small end the same, almost to an edge. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps They had to pass under the full glare of the fire, through groups of gipsies assembled about the great gate, chaffering and disputing. The Firebrand He now paid for it after considerable chaffering as to the odd pounds, which he succeeded in bringing to a successful termination. Ayala's Angel The latter now altered their demands to a payment of 800 strings of cash, which by much chaffering was eventually reduced to 400. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology From the east goes up to the sky the clamour of Sealdah, the rumble of the trams, and the voices of all Bow Bazar chaffering and making merry. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel A board the same thickness, 30 inches long, 3 1/2 inches wide, taper down 2 1/8 small end round chaffer. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Three times I saw them so, through the drifting chaffering throng. Where the Pavement Ends Having settled these points in my own mind very rapidly, the Alcalde and I next chaffered a few moments over the price to be paid for Pio's services. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. And both Gerard and Dawes thought they saw more than one significant look exchanged, and both remembered the muttered remark of their informant while they were chaffering over the lion’s skin. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Somehow, he and Thisbe drift off together, and Mamma, very portly and very voluble, is left to chaffer and sort and select alone. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Everything went on as usual; there was the same chaffering, bargaining, and cheating, and occasionally the war was discussed. Waldfried A Novel Well, I don't see much to laugh at, old gent, except it be at my own folly, to stand here so long chaffering about these paltry two thousand florins. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day One least leaf plucked for chaffer from the bays Of their dear praise, One jot of their pure conquest put to hire, The implacable republic will require. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History This was the hour to which his thoughts went forward occasionally during the day of chaffering on the front, or in his blue-distempered office with its shabby chestnut fittings in the Cit� Saul. Command Nevertheless they were dropped over the side of the pen after much chaffering with the owner, and at an expense of "four bits" each. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 His assumption of lonely despair was not borne out by the subtle air he had of being in with all these people who were chaffering among themselves and applauding the rhetorician with his silver star. Captain Macedoine's Daughter On the great square in front of the church were booths filled with bright flowers and early fruit and cheap sweetmeats, at which the peasants were haggling and chaffering and filling their blue handkerchiefs. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. It has learned to go to market; it chaffers, it haggles, it envies, it murmurs; it is knowing, acute, sharpened: it never prattles.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 "I told you, if your beast is killed, I shall pay whatever sum you may say, royally and without chaffering." The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres We do not bargain and chaffer over our feelings, Hester and I. Surely you mistake, and stir storms in teacups. The Kempton-Wace Letters Taddeo Marchioni came and saw the fish, and chaffered for them with long hesitation and shrewd greed, as misers love to do, and then at last refused them: they were too dear, he said. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. He could not chaffer for terms with the tailor. Lady Anna If the pettifogging Radical Government turn a deaf ear to our brilliant correspondent, if they ignore his claims and chaffer in any commercial spirit with his accredited agents, their days are numbered. Aliens A lawyer of Plainton undertook the purchase of the land and, as the payments were to be made in cash, and as there was no chaffering about prices, this business was soon concluded. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht Just as on the exchanges, speculation and chaffer play here the leading role, nor are deception and swindle left out. Woman under socialism Everything will become a haggle, a chaffering of figures.... The Passionate Friends The lively gossip of the passing groups preluded the noisy chaffering to follow their arrival at the market place. Carmen Ariza Brought face to face with the question of work and 205 wage, all the shrewd calculating instincts of a race of women accustomed to chaffer and bargain awoke within her. A Singer from the Sea God is no tradesman that he should chaffer for the forgiveness of sins. Dreamers of the Ghetto Among the Ostiaks of Siberia, to this day, the father sells his daughter: he chaffers with the representative of the bridegroom about the price to be paid. Woman under socialism Madame Stock drove a hard bargain, and, during the chaffering and gabble about dates and terms, Hilda went out for a long walk. Melomaniacs The streets were full of pigs from the rural parts, and great was the bargaining and chaffering in Irish, a language which seemed to be composed of rolling r's and booming gutturals. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Lord Stanley, acknowledged leader of the Party in the House of Lords and the country, hesitated and chaffered, in the end reluctantly giving in. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 Thrice had Achilles Hector dragged the walls of Troy around, And o'er his body, reft of soul, was chaffering now for gold. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse And he, ‘I do not feel like chaffering and bargaining this morning.’ The Book of Khalid Many English writers refer to this extraordinary desecration of a consecrated building, and from them we learn that the trading carried on in Paul's Walk included simony and chaffering for benefices. Memorials of Old London Volume I Mrs. Montgomery drew a ring from her finger, and after a little chaffering parted with it to the owner of the store for eighty dollars, being about three-quarters of its real value. The Wide, Wide World Sometimes a particular "lot" will attract the attention of a spectator, and he will chaffer about it for a while; but the sales do not often appear to be very brisk. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 “What do ye chaffer about?” cried Lady Lisle, in her old sharp manner. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The Flesh Bazaar was being held in Piccadilly, and all up Regent Street and all down the Haymarket the chaffering went on for bodies and for souls. The Dop Doctor Well, I’ll see: maybe I shall walk over one of these days and chaffer with him. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford They seem to enjoy arguing and chaffering over prices, and will frequently go to the length of pulling down masses of paper, supposed to be invoices, to shew that they are asking you fair. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 After a slightly trivial farce-overture of apparitions in various banal forms, Luizzi compels the fallen archangel to show himself in his proper shape; and the bargain is concluded after some chaffering. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century You have the strength, the courage, the brains—why chaffer when you have but to strike once to win all? The Doomsman “Now, friend,” he spoke, “your business, and shortly; we’ve no time for chaffering.” A Victor of Salamis Meantime old China swarms, unregenerate, in the narrow little streets, chaffering, chattering, laughing in its rags as though there had never been a siege, a surrender, and a revolution. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Passing in front of these stands was a constantly moving crowd of Chinese, Malays and East Indians of many races, all chaffering and talking at the top of their voices. The Critic in the Orient After some chaffering, he bought it, taking it without p. 182a warranty. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter A lively crowd chaffered with the venders and walked in the paved street before their booths. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure After a long chaffer, seller and buyer finally reached an agreement. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death She broke off and left Helen to stand wondering while Sadie chaffered with another woman, who had hesitated a trifle as she passed the shop. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City For Count Poltavo was not above taking in the milk or chaffering with tradesmen over the quality of a cabbage. The Secret House Lisle offered them some silver currency, and after a little chaffering they departed satisfied. The Long Portage The two farmers who were yesterday chaffering over the price of maize meet each other in Carnival as Punch and Harlequin. Stray Studies from England and Italy This lack of hesitation on her part disconcerted the peddler, who had a feeling that a bargain made without preliminary chaffering had not been properly solemnized. Duffels To an Englishman who has not travelled in the States and become familiar with the methods employed there by business men, it seems odd that anyone should chaffer with the clerk at a ticket-office. A Tramp's Notebook The good-humor and general acceptance on both sides, by chaffers and chaffed, testified to recognized conditions; and there is about a hoary institution a saving grace which cannot be transferred to parvenus. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life "Done!" says Zeek—for he is an offhand kind of chap, and never stands bantering and chaffering a long time, but says at once what he means, as I do. Humour of the North In this secret chaffering Pitt and Grenville were worsted as inevitably as in the similar case of the Partition of Poland. William Pitt and the Great War The merchant sat cross-legged in his little booth amid his small stock of wares, passively waiting for trade, chaffering interminably with his customers, annoyed rather than pleased if brisk business came his way. The New World of Islam They were not much inside the palisade, but they set up booths and tents on the shore edge, and there was much drinking and chaffering. A Little Girl in Old Quebec The hubbub and chaffer of it all went on the day long. The Heart of Unaga He sat quietly in the gateway until the jeweller had finished his chaffering, when he rose and walked out beside him. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century After a good deal of chaffering, it was agreed that the salvors should land us and our effects at Nassau, New Providence, where the average should be determined by the lawful tribunal. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver You didn’t know I could chaffer Latin with the best of ’em, did you? The Nebuly Coat If there is any chaffering about the cost of a work, the shopman points to the following inscription: "The lowest price is marked on every book, and no abatement made on any article." The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting There was a business chaffer, and the affair was virtually settled. Despair's Last Journey To take a house, buy a horse, or hire a servant without the intervention of another man to disparage the article, chaffer over the price, and disgust the vendor, is an act of impetuous folly. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Look at them—chaffering, chattering, laughing; and, above their heads, not a yard away, that Figure. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion We made our way on deck, and, after a little chaffering, secured a boat, in which we were pulled ashore. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta He doubly is inslaved that gilts his Chain, Saith Reason, chaffering for his Empire gone, Bestir, and root the Canker that hath ta'en Thy Breast for Bed, and feeds thy Heart upon. Silverpoints It would not cheapen in the chaffer; on the contrary, give him the usufruct for a few years, and he would be not only the happiest but the most considerable of men. Little Novels of Italy The people interested Miss Winn, and the chaffering, the beating down in prices, was quite amusing. A Little Girl in Old Salem There was great chaffering, disputing, and not a few fights, though guards were detailed along the river front to keep the peace as far as was possible. A Little Girl in Old Detroit First, there is the court of the Gentiles, where Ego No. 1 chaffers about trifles with the outer world. Real Ghost Stories Hamilton turned, and looked after his retreating figure, as, drawn up to its full height, it quickly disappeared in the crowd of boys, who were chaffering with the old cake-man. Louis' School Days A Story for Boys But we know that if Assyrian balm was ever for the world's chaffer it was in the days of Borso, the good Duke. Little Novels of Italy "But I got to put that little chaffer to roost somewhere." Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Who was he?" he went on, in increasing rage; "a chaffering jack-pudding. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag When they came to the ship, boats were there already, and the merchants and the shore folk sat and jested and chaffered in the stern. The Waif Woman After some trouble and chaffering, however, he agreed to make me an exact copy, and to sell it me for ten gold pieces. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico And you reckon to chaffer that blood for a price. The Forfeit Madame would certainly never have allowed us to break our ranks, and chaffer with Bridget, but that some one had been lucky enough to think of giving her bouquets. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls Mr. Cadge waxed indignant and very voluble, while Mr. Snavely was a mild man of few words; but the simple laborer was no match for a man who made his living by small chaffering. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers "It won't last long, but it may hold long enough for us," said Ralph, as he let the car down again and handed the jack to the "chaffer." The Border Boys Across the Frontier Though he would not have admitted it he was tired, weary of the chaffer of it all. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Are you in earnest," said I, "or is all this chaffer? The House of Martha He found Robert Bruce chaffering with a country girl over some butter, for which he wanted to give her less than the market-value. Alec Forbes of Howglen Men and women chattered and chaffered, pigs shrieked, sheep bleated, and cattle lowed, but Will scarcely noticed the familiar sounds. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead "Didn't you tell me, when I hired you, thet you was a first-class, A number one chaffer?" The Border Boys Across the Frontier Mrs. Montgomery drew a ring from her finger, and, after a little chaffering, parted with it to the owner of the store for eighty dollars, being about three- quarters of its real value. The Wide, Wide World With cursing ye buy not blessing, nor peace with strife, And the hand is hateful that chaffers with death for life. Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) Ancyra was a strange diocese, full of uncouth Gauls and chaffering Jews, and overrun with Montanists and Manichees, and votaries of endless fantastic heresies and superstitions. The Arian Controversy One feels that he must chaffer desperately in the dark, or pay the sum demanded and be regarded as a goose fit for further plucking. Russian Rambles "It's my private opinion," he went on, in a voice intended to be confidential, but which was merely a subdued bellow, "that that chaffer of mine couldn't chaff a chafing dish." The Border Boys Across the Frontier There was dancing on the green, young lads and lassies were chaffering with a peddler for his goods, sports were going on everywhere; yet Florizel and Perdita sat apart, talking happily to each other. The Children's Portion Set in the midst of that sordid scene of chaffering and grime, St. Saviour's perpetuated for her the ancient beauty and the majesty of her faith. The Helpmate Stately Moors rubbed elbows with stalwart British soldiers; Barbary Jews, dejected in mien, but with shrewd, cunning eyes, chaffered with the itinerant vendors of freshly caught sardines, or the newly-picked fruit of the prickly pear. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood It looked fairly good, and there we took up our abode, after due and inevitable chaffering. Russian Rambles The native of the south gesticulates a great deal, likes to chaffer, discusses with vehemence, and speaks loudly and quickly with a glib tongue and a sonorous voice. The Wonders of Pompeii It was crowded with the country people in their bright-coloured costumes, chaffering over their produce. Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches Starling was the chief attraction, but I, too, was the centre of a curious, chaffering crowd. Montlivet It seemed such a prodigious waste of time and energy to traffic and chaffer with these petty scoundrels. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush When the price has been fixed, after due and inevitable chaffering, one lomovoi grasps his shapeless cap by its worn edge of fur, bites a kopek, and drops it in. Russian Rambles This loggia was the corn-market of the city, a shelter, too, for the contadini who came to show their samples and to talk, gossip, and chaffer, as they do everywhere in Italy even to-day. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Where was the gay chaffering, the boisterous bandying of wit? The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel My men took cue from me, and we all laughed and chaffered. Montlivet As a rule the painter closed with him at once, ashamed and humbled at this miserable chaffering, glad also to get a little money now and then. His Masterpiece We whiled away the time by chaffering with the persistent Tatar venders for things which we did not want, and came into amazed possession of some of them. Russian Rambles A pretty place enough, it possesses an unique market-place covered in by ancient twisted plane trees, where the old women chaffer with the cooks and contadine. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Ned knew how long they bargained and chaffered in Mexico and what a delight they took in it. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty They were filled with a hunting party of Pottawatamies, and the young braves grunted and chaffered at me in high good humor. Montlivet And yet you dared to chaffer with me? Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Immense warehouses occupy the sites where once stood the abodes of elegance and hospitality, and the chaffer of traffic has succeeded to social welcomes and greetings of conviviality. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times And you would bargain and chaffer with me! The Man with the Clubfoot The whole process of Alkmaar chaffering is exceedingly perplexing and elusive. A Wanderer in Holland After much chaffering between the parties, judge Stillwell in a very candid manner, desired that the paper might be read, asking him if it contained any thing they were ashamed of. A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen" He appears to be well educated, and yet in some common matters is ignorant as a child, as, for instance, not knowing the difference in status between a skilled artisan and a chaffering merchant! The Sword Maker Here we bargain and chaffer with towering bonnets blancs for peasant pottery and faïence, paintable half-worn stuffs, and delicious ancestral odds and ends of broken peasant households. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 The Duke of Bourbon was inclined to chaffer about the dowry demanded by Philip. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 So, after some chaffering, Dicky was promised his "braw price," and he accompanied the farmer home to get the money. Stories of the Border Marches On either side of the street the farmers' wagons stood backed up against the sidewalk, each making a cheap shop, by which stood the sturdy owners under the trees, laughing and chaffering with their customers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Peasants from the farming settlements were there with articles for sale, and a vigorous chaffering was in progress. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life At last the gipsies offer thirty reals for him; and after much chaffering I am glad to get rid of him at two dollars. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Except in the cold storage and the Chino grocery shops of Manila, nothing can be bought without chaffering. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines And in the centre of the square stood or sat the natives, buying and selling, chaffering and gesticulating. Six Women After much bargaining and chaffering we bought three horses for ourselves and our man Antonio, giving eight, seven, and four pounds for them. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern My Russian companion whispered me not to buy, and after a few moments chaffering we departed. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life After a little politic chaffering he got in, and was carried to a village about eight miles off at a gallop. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 There are no grocery stores, every article must be chaffered over, and is valued according to the owner's pressing needs, his antipathy for Americans, or his determination to get everything he can. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines You could tell the serene and gracious lady who is chaffering for it what a bargain she has made,—that there is not in it one spark of manly honor or true love. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 Around her was a dense multitude of pilgrims, in their hundreds of thousands, shuffling, chaffering and staring. Kimono A government which has paid off the debts of two wars, waged with the most powerful nation of modern times, should not be brought to the necessity of chaffering for terms in the money market. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler This chaffering about little things was altogether at variance with his tastes,—and it would be futile. Mr. Scarborough's Family After we had chaffered the usual time and had come to an agreement, I went into my room and brought out the bags of new coin. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines You cannot stand chaffering at a bargain as to the cheapest mode of extinguishing a fire kindled by a red-hot cannon-ball at the door of the magazine. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 "I do not chaffer and bargain for my right." The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel Or else I watch the squirrels frisk And chaffer in the grassy lane; And all the while I mark your voice Breaking with love and pain. The Book of American Negro Poetry And therefore—Ha, most beautiful, what have you and I to do with all this chaffering over Guienne?” Chivalry Result: the rustic bought an animal, without chaffering, at double its value, having in addition borrowed a lot of money at cut-throat interest. The Torrent Entre Naranjos Amiably conducted, as such discussions should be in Cuba, the chaffering becomes a matter of mutual entertainment. Cuba, Old and New I am going to take all three of you in charge, giving the dependable young person a well-earned holiday—a little journey in which she won't have to chaffer with the transit people. The Grafters I don't see any use in this chaffering, Mr. Balch," said Stephens; "you can't expect me to give you any such sums as you propose. The Garies and Their Friends Our craft is at once beset by boats, their owners pushing, vociferating, and chaffering for fares, as though Mammon, and not Moloch, were the ruling spirit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Many noble-minded artists have preferred following the bent of their genius, to chaffering with the public for terms. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance There was its corn market down the main street, with hum of chaffering over open sacks. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Then I strolled out to inspect the little city, admired an altar-piece, chaffered with a Jew for a cameo, purchased some small necessaries, and returned early in the afternoon with a noble appetite for dinner. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Your Life shall chaffer in the market-place, A merchant trading in the goods of grief. The Poems of Sidney Lanier You could tell the serene and gracious lady who is chaffering for it what a bargain she has made,—that there is not in it one spark of manly honour or true love. Margret Howth, a Story of To-day Are we really guilty of chaffering with an artist like Mademoiselle Rachel? What is Property? She viewed them with admiration, chaffered thriftily, and finally bought a topaz, dug from Mount Zabarca, Guido assured her, which rendered its wearer immune to terrors of any kind. The Certain Hour Your merchant, if he was a man of substance, forgot his merchandise, swore that chaffering was more indelicate than blasphemy and curled his beard after the new fashion, and became a courtier. The Lost Continent "But with us chapmen," said Clement, "he will not meddle, lest there be an end of chaffer in the town; and verily the market is good." The Well at the World's End: a tale There she stood in the shop an' chaffered about a yellow petticoat. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Let others consume their souls in heaping up riches, in chaffering with the Indians for the skins of wild beasts, and in selling the same to the affluent traders of France. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 My father, if you believe him, has Marlborough's secrets in his pocket and is sent to chaffer for him. The Highwayman There was a great deal of chaffering going on; a little courting, and some cheating. The Case of Richard Meynell But Ralph said nought; for in his heart he was determined not to chaffer away his gossip's gift for any shaveling's token. The Well at the World's End: a tale He would sell France, you observe,—chaffered, they tell me, like a pedlar over the price of Normandy. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages On the plain-stones there are a number of benches on which men sit down to gossip and chaffer. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places They two had chaffered for fruit at those stalls, laughing gaily with the good-tempered countrywomen. The Golden Calf At first the Devil wouldn't hear of such a bargain, and chaffered and haggled with the man; but he stuck to what he said, and at last the Devil had to part with his quern. Popular Tales from the Norse No, since Men are grown so cunning in their Trade of Love, the necessary Vice I'll practise too, And chaffer with Love-Merchants for my Heart. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II The lots were taken up after a little persuasion and chaffering. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc The other detail is that only gentlemen fight duels, and just now we are hucksters, you and I, chaffering over Marian's happiness. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes They are at the disposal of that part of myself which enters no markets and cannot be chaffered away. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution It could never enter any one's head to chaffer about five shillings; on the contrary, getting it for half-a-sovereign might be considered dirt- cheap, considering the quality of the thing. Hunger Patience, said Panurge; but you would do much for me and your whole posterity if you would chaffer with me for him, or some other of his inferiors. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 There are forms of religion which are little better than chaffering with God, to give Him so much service if He will repay us with so much Heaven. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV And these goodly deer hides," said Simon, the spirit of his profession awakening at the sight of the goods in which he traded—"think you the chief will be disposed to chaffer for them? The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day She sighs, remembering her own youth, Alas, near all the birds Will sing at dawn,—and yet we do not take The chaffering swallow for the holy lark. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years It is a great, dingy place, full of chaffering, hungry-looking men. The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow I found a picture-dealer chaffering with him over a bundle of sketches, and his little boy, already pencil in hand, lying in one corner of the room, the sun playing about his yellow hair. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Then you may aid me in chaffering, and I will straight to the Fleming, with whom I may do better than with Hodge of the Lamb. Grisly Grisell It had grieved me to the heart to hear him shame this noble woman so, bargaining for her honour as lightly as a marketing housewife chaffers for a pullet. The Yeoman Adventurer Every departure from the lines of his previous success involves chaffering, unless he chance to be a man of independent means. Mankind in the Making The dust and the heat, the jostling crowds, the banging and rattling, the bare, hideous streets—and above it all the wild, rampant vulgarity—the sordidness, the cheapness, the chaffering! The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow Just as they came out of the shop, who should they run into but the Bellamys themselves, chaffering for Madeira work with a woman in the street. Dawn The pice jingle as they change hands; the haggling and chaffering are without parallel in any market at home. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter He had been chaffering with the fishwives this very day, and was bringing back his provend with him when he visited our school. Moonfleet And under what pretexts do we chaffer with the government of Mr. Lincoln for those energetic, persevering sympathies on which it has a right to count? The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States. You make him go out into the market and chaffer for his bread! The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow Joe was called ashore, and after a good deal of chaffering, the deacon bought the prize for half a dollar. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers It has learned to go to market; it chaffers, it haggles, it envies, it murmurs; it is knowing, acute, sharpened; it never prattles. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia She chaffered angrily, then laughed at some unknown saying of Heywood's, and let them come aboard. Dragon's blood They chaffer like happy imbeciles while civilization bleeds to death. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace These were men with whom I had been on the friendliest terms; women, too, who only a week before had chaffered with me at the store. Salute to Adventurers The chaffering went on through all the usual stages of alternate bluff and concession on both sides. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 You think of pay, Sir Constable, and of guerdon, as if you still stood in the market, free to chaffer on the terms of your service. The Betrothed There was, for instance, the poet who went round among the workmen to chaffer verses. Without Prejudice After that saying, shall we go chaffer with the Gospel, sell the Holy Ghost, and turn a meeting of Christians into a tradesman's shop? The Eve of the French Revolution All this chaffering took place in the open market-place, so to speak, and there was no lack of frank criticism from bystanders, onlookers and distant eavesdroppers. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There was at once chaffering and chaffing, eating and drinking. Success with Small Fruits And all battle was loathsome to him, nor for all the gain of his chaffer had he come into the Dale, had he known that war was looked for. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Publishers may rave as they will, but authors have every right to employ agents to save them from the unpleasant task of chaffering and of speaking highly of themselves. Without Prejudice Matt Peasley, like Cappy Ricks, was a Yankee; when he did business he liked to chaffer; and, after all—he thought—there was a certain shrewd philosophy in what his foxy father-in-law had said. Cappy Ricks Retires There's no time to chaffer over the situation. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance He pictures these people—pawing over his inspiration with their unclean hands—peering at it, weighing it, chaffering over it—taking it into the market-place to be hawked about. Love's Pilgrimage There were men of the Shepherds also with such fleeces as they could spare from the daily chaffer with the neighbours. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale In the whole course of my life I never came across so mean a scoundrel; and now you chaffer with me as to whether or no you shall criminate yourself! Castle Richmond Bonbright left the selection and the chaffering wholly to Ruth—and she enjoyed it. Youth Challenges Here, while proffering his vegetables, he fell into talk with the cook who was sent to chaffer with him. Pearl-Maiden One or two pagazis came to my camp and began to chaffer; they wished to see the bales first, before they would make a final bargain. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The Liath Macha was grey to whiteness, the other horse was black and glistening like the bright mail of the chaffer. The Coming of Cuculain I scattered my gold lavishly, nor did I chaffer over prices in mart or exchange. Revolution, and Other Essays "It is useless to chaffer with me, sir." The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won Out they went into the Ratcliffe Highway, and chaffered with some of the greatest rascals in trade. It Is Never Too Late to Mend There, in the open air, buyer and seller will chaffer and bicker, and wrangle and quarrel, and kiss and make up again—for all the world to see. Europe Revised Sir William kept calling Aaron into the chaffer at the other end of the table: and Aaron kept on refusing to join. Aaron's Rod One by one the others come to join in the conversation, to chaffer and cadge. Under Fire: the story of a squad Also, most of the chaffering was negotiated over drink, to obtain which adjournment was made to the handiest bar. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl The next he chaffered with the farmer, but they did not quite agree. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Twenty or thirty peasant women, coarse and masculine, but very tidy, with their snow-white caps and short petticoats, and perhaps half as many men, were chattering and chaffering over little heaps of fresh country produce. Winter Sunshine He did not one bit want to chaffer gallantries with the young women. Aaron's Rod My life will wait for nobody, but is being matured still without delay, while I go about the streets, and chaffer with this man and that to secure it a living. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers The President saw only slowly the consequences of that chaffering to which Mr. Lloyd George and M. Clemenceau led him. The Mirrors of Washington While he was thus chaffering, and after he had shewn his purse, there chanced to come by a Sicilian girl, fair as fair could be, but ready to pleasure any man for a small consideration. The Decameron, Volume I Mr. Fullalove, please to recollect that you are a member of that nation, and that I am very unhappy and helpless, and want money to undo cruel wrongs, but have no heart to chaffer much. Foul Play Then they accosted the donkey's owner and chaffered with him and he said, "I will not sell him but for ten thousand dirhams." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] Its narrow, climbing streets, with their quaint shops and curious gables, its old market, with chaffering habitant farmers and their wives, are full of living interest. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa The end of it was that after some chaffering, for we dared not show that we had much money, a bargain was struck between us and this good woman, who was named Palka. The Wanderer's Necklace Since thou dealest with these wild men, will ye not deal with us in chaffer? Wood Beyond the World He is worth twice as much, but I cannot stop to chaffer—ay or no at once.” The Little Duke It is not for me, nor for any man who bears my name, to chaffer and to haggle. Sir Nigel Then the chaffering began, and it was long and keen. The Brethren The chaffer learned that his own agility could not save him from Ramsey, and so found it wiser to contain an effervescence which sometimes threatened to burst him. Ramsey Milholland The carle smiled and said: “Yea, son; nor, so saying, would they err; for that is the pass into the Bear-country, whereby those huge men come down to chaffer with me.” Wood Beyond the World Now, I’m willing to take it for Tom Higginbotham; but I like to drive a keen bargain, and there would be no fun chaffering with thy mother just now. Lizzie Leigh It was crowded with the country people in their bright-coloured costumes chaffering over their produce. Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners) We see them meeting to discuss laws and frontiers, and feasting late when business is done, and chaffering for knives with ivory handles, for arrows, and saddles, and wadmal, in the booths of the citizens. Oxford I'm no great hand at driving a bargain, Desmond—few army men are, you know—so I won't even attempt to chaffer with you. Okewood of the Secret Service While they were chaffering, in walked a Hottentot, and said, "Will you buy this?" and laid a clear, glittering stone on the counter, as large as a walnut. A Simpleton There is loud chaffering, for the Arabs are leading horses and trying to sell them; and, in their eagerness, they speak in high, shrill voices. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Lounging there we could hear the chaffering over the wheat measures in the cloisters of the market-square, the yell of a dog, the voice of a scold, the church bell, the watchman's cry. The House of the Wolf; a romance The treaty broke off, therefore, after much chaffering concerning the nature of the vow which Louis was to take. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since The bookseller is drowsy, and glad not to have the trouble of chaffering. The Library Let him, and such as he, take thought for the morrow and chaffer about settlements. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody There he is, chaffering with the footman at No. 7 about an old dressing-gown: you think his whole soul is bent only on the contest about the garment. Catherine: a Story With Willebald I did not chaffer, for I read his heart and knew that in a little he would be wax to me. The Path of the King Every traveller must go through all sorts of chaffering, and bargaining, and paltry experiences, at this spot. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo Thinkest thou to chaffer with Him, who formed the earth, and spread out the heavens, or that thou canst offer aught of homage or devotion that can be worth acceptance in his eyes? Chronicles of the Canongate He was just receiving the price with an uneasy air, after long chaffering, when the stranger lady passed and recognized him. A Prince of Bohemia Ah Moy had bought him in Sydney from a sailor for eighteen shillings and chaffered an hour over the bargain. Michael, Brother of Jerry I am that oft-defeated King Whose failure fills the land, Who fled before the Danes of old, Who chaffered with the Danes with gold, Who now upon the Wessex wold Hardly has feet to stand. The Ballad of the White Horse Off I set to him, and after much chaffering I got our stones at �1000 apiece. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "Nay, it is not for the great emperor to chaffer with his friends," said Pulcheria, the princess. Historic Girls To chaffer with them, to flirt with them, to praise their straw hats and tight heels, was a refreshing pastime to voluptuaries sick of the airs of actresses and maids of honour. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Captain Sowle, however, refused the offer of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and stood wavering and chaffering for higher terms. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains "Welcome, English!" they said,—these words they had learned from the traders Touching at times on the coast, to barter and chaffer for peltries. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It was willing, and chaffered only for a very short respite. Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte And when our chaffering all was done, All was paid for, sold and done, We drew a glove on ilka hand, We sweetly curtsied, each to each, And deftly danced a saraband. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse In the midst of this spectacle, this din and uproar, the women are chaffering and bargaining quite calmly, watching the scales to see that they get their full pennyworth or sixpennyworth of this or that. Penelope's English Experiences And while Levy and Toriki drank absinthe and chaffered over the pearl, Huru-Huru listened and heard the stupendous price of twenty-five thousand francs agreed upon. South Sea Tales "Why chaffer over it? give me seventy-five kopeks." Taras Bulba and Other Tales In the end, after three hours more of chaffering, they came to an agreement. The Faith of Men Men chaffered for her, They bargained in silver and gold, In copper, in wheat, And called their bids across the market-place. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed But the little people are ignorant, They chaffer, and swarm. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed |
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