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chaffer¹

  • /ˈtʃæfə/ UK
  • /ˈt͡ʃæfɚ/ US

Rhymes with -æfə(ɹ)

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From Middle English chaffare (“a bargain, a trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare.

verb chaffers · chaffering · chaffered

  1. intransitive To haggle or barter. To chaffer for preferment with his gold.

    Similar: bargain, negotiate, haggle, barter

  2. transitive To buy.
  3. informal, intransitive To talk much and idly; to chatter. The Dartie within him made him chaffer for five minutes with young Padwick concerning the favourite for the Cambridgeshire.

noun chaffers

  1. uncountable Bargaining; merchandise. vittels, and other chaffer and merchandize were excéeding cheape: for at London a quarter of wheat was sold for two shillings
  2. countable, obsolete, slang A person's mouth. Moisten [or] damp your chaffer: take something to drink.

chaffer²

  • /ˈtʃæfə/ UK
  • /ˈt͡ʃæfɚ/ US

Rhymes with -æfə(ɹ)

noun chaffers

  1. The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed. A fan blows air through the chaffer to remove lightweight material known as chaff.

    Similar: blower, cleaning sieve

  2. A person who or thing that chaffs.

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noun upper sieve of a cleaning shoe

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@misc{chaffer_2026,
  title = {chaffer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chaffer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}