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De - Pt| English Dictionary: dick(er) | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dickerer\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 dickererof gloves. [Obs.] A dickererof cowhides. --Heywood. 2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. --Whittier. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dickerer\Dick"er\, v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] [bd]Ready to dicker. and to swap.[b8] --Cooper. | |
