'Dicker' definitions:
Definition of 'dicker'
(from WordNet)
verb
Negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain]
Definition of 'Dicker'
From: GCIDE
- Dicker \Dick"er\, v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." --Cooper. Dickey
Definition of 'Dicker'
From: GCIDE
- Dicker \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 dicker of gloves. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A dicker of cowhides. --Heywood. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. --Whittier. [1913 Webster]