Chaffer

Definitions

1. Bargaining; merchandise.
   uncountable
2. The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed.
3. A person's mouth.
   countable, obsolete, slang
4. A person who or thing that chaffs.

Equivalents

Examples

“vittels, and other chaffer and merchandize were excéeding cheape: for at London a quarter of wheat was sold for two shillings”

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

“A fan blows air through the chaffer to remove⟳ lightweight material known as chaff.”

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