dicker
A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small waresA chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.
» Helena Smithson, née Dickers, is not a woman to be messed with.
kremel · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(US, countable, uncountable)A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.
to make a dicker
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A unit of measure, consisting of 10 of some object, particularly hides and skins.
Examples
1 sentencesHelena Smithson, née Dickers, is not a woman to be messed with.
Origin
From Middle English diker (“measure of ten”), from Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from LatFrom Middle English diker (“measure of ten”), from Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from Latin decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).
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Forms
plural: dickersSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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