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noun

Dicker n.

The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. (Obs.) "A dicker of cowhides."

A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. (U.S.) "For peddling dicker, not for honest sales."

verb

Dicker v. i. & v. t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. (U.S.) "Ready to dicker. and to swap."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dicker" Quotes from Famous Books

... then, for a few cents we doan' dicker. Say we make it three dollars, and on rainy mornings coffee and rolls so you ...

— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst

... you to be ready to start right after breakfast," she added, as she went out the door. "The earlier you get off the earlier you'll be back again. I wish I could go myself an' dicker with Elias. I would if it warn't that I have to tinker with that pesky ...

— The Wall Between • Sara Ware Bassett

... I've taken the house!" said his wife to the burnisher as he came up the steps. "But I couldn't get him to say that he'd let me have it for fifteen, water included. The landlord himself, Mr. Geary, was here to-day and I made the dicker with him. He's had a man here all day cleaning up." She explained the bargain, the burnisher approving of everything, nodding his head continually. His wife showed him about the house, her sister and the little boy following in silence. "He's ...

— Vandover and the Brute • Frank Norris

... forward heavily on his knees, and spoke in harsh confidence to his attorney, or rather agent, who listened intently, but with an inscrutable face. "There's a rich Mexican with a Spanish name, Senor da Cordova, over in the city right now and he has been trying to make a dicker with me to get hold of my yacht. He's interested in helping those Cuban niggers who are fighting the Spaniards and he thinks this yere boat might come in handy in the business, and she would, too; there's nothing faster ...

— Frontier Boys in Frisco • Wyn Roosevelt

... "We won't dicker over trifles. All the more so since you don't deceive me, nor I you. There's a great demand for women now. What would you say, Mister Horizon, if I offered ...

— Yama (The Pit) • Alexandra Kuprin

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