Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To bargain; barter.
- noun The act or process of bargaining.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The number or quantity ten; particularly, ten hides or skins, forming the twentieth part of a last of hides.
- noun Trading on a small scale by bargain and barter; a transaction so conducted.
- To trade by petty bargaining and barter; haggle.
- To barter; trade off; swap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb U.S. To negotiate a dicker; to barter.
- noun obsolete The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir.
- noun U.S. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
bargain ,haggle ornegotiate over asale - verb to
barter - noun obsolete The number or quantity of ten, particularly modifying
hides orskins ; adaker . - noun US A
chaffering ,barter , orexchange , of smallwares .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb negotiate the terms of an exchange
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Such critics had come to Washington, had made their "dicker," danced at the hotel hops, and been jostled on the Avenue.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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Thus equipped as an itinerant clock repairer, and having a few watches to "dicker" with, he started on foot for Jenkintown, a small place twelve miles from
The Expressman and the Detective Allan Pinkerton 1856
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Then, the white men who penetrated to those semi-wilds were always ready to "dicker" and to "swap," and to
Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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One of their snipers is poised to take a shot at the Afghan who appears to be pointing out their exact position to the insurgents, a possible "dicker".
Army Rumour Service 2010
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The "dicker" was a neighbour who had apparantly watched closely morning after morning from his bedroom window noting every action of someone with whom he was on first name terms.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Now, if I can put through that dicker with Caswell's six horses -- say, I just got onto that horse-buyer to-day.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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He was hard as iron, determined to oust the English from the territory, and in no mood to dicker.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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This incredible development is what happens when we let Yankees dicker with things that should be left to Southerners.
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He was hard as iron, determined to oust the English from the territory, and in no mood to dicker.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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He was hard as iron, determined to oust the English from the territory, and in no mood to dicker.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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