Meaning

4 senses

  1. (uncountable)Bargaining; merchandise.

  2. The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed.

    Obersieb

  3. A person who or thing that chaffs.

  4. (countable, obsolete, slang)A person's mouth.

    Moisten [or] damp your chaffer: take something to drink.

Translations

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By meaning 1
upper sieve of a cleaning shoe:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: chaffers
Singularchaffer
Pluralchaffers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
blowercleaning sieve

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chafechaffchagrinchai
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