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Antonyms for dicker

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dik-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪk ər

Definition of dicker

Origin :
  • "haggle, bargain in a petty way," 1802, American English, perhaps from dicker (n.) "a unit or package of tens," especially hides (attested from late 13c.), perhaps from Latin decuria "parcel of ten" (supposedly a unit of barter on the Roman frontier; cf. German Decher "set of ten things"), from decem "ten" (see ten) on model of centuria from centum.
  • verb bargain; argue about
Example sentences :
  • It looks to me as if 'twould be pretty good business to dicker with him.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Yet the men had an ineradicable propensity to dicker among themselves.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • "I did not," confessed Mr. Dicker, with a mixture of shame and abhorrence.
  • Extract from : « Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) » by Constance Fenimore Woolson
  • Dicker, I want you to bring in a bill to make Fastburg the only capital.
  • Extract from : « Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) » by Constance Fenimore Woolson
  • "I'm a hustler on a dicker, and a hellion on junk," snapped the boss.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • Some other team in the American league trying to make a dicker for you?
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe Around the World » by Lester Chadwick
  • I know him; that is to say, I want to dicker with you, and through you with Jones.
  • Extract from : « The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 4, 1886-1900 » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • For his services, Mr. Dicker received from the Lords of the Treasury the sum of 500l.
  • Extract from : « Her Majesty's Mails » by William Lewins
  • Published tariffs were only the starting point for "higgle" and "dicker."
  • Extract from : « Railroads: Rates and Regulations » by William Z. Ripley
  • Or carrying a cheap-jack Bradford agent to make a dicker in wool?
  • Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions

Synonyms for dicker

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