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Meanings of dicker in English

Portuguese
pechinchar
Catalan
regatejar
Spanish
regatear

To negotiate the terms of an exchange.

        pechinchar
        Usage of dicker in English
        1
        They are not the stamp of criminals to dicker with petty jobs.
        With Links of Steel; Or, The Peril of the Unknown
        2
        If overtook by a stouter force they're in shape fer a dicker.
        In the Days of Poor Richard
        3
        This time it was Robert, the elder brother, who tried to dicker.
        11/22/63
        4
        That will be enough for me if we can make a dicker.
        Revenge!
        5
        I'll dicker with him for everything hot that he's got, I'm starving.
        Pee-wee Harris
        6
        He didn't want to dicker; he only wanted to shoot the shit.
        Full dark, no stars
        7
        After the dicker we can make him a present of the whole shebang.
        The Faith of Men
        8
        But we'll dicker over the price later... or I'll dicker with Central Valley.
        The Door Into Summer
        9
        There's no way I'm letting anyone else except me dicker with the Ballroom.
        Torch of Freedom
        10
        If you don't you might look it up in the dicker.
        The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure S...
        11
        Sister nodded, and Vulcevic went over to dicker with somebody about a wristwatch.
        Swan Song
        12
        But they like to dicker with us about where the northwest lines are.
        Dreadnought
        13
        Every time, unless we agree to dicker with them on some country job.
        The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
        14
        Now, when trade has no capital there isn't a dicker to be made.
        The Gentle Grafter
        15
        But Everts wasn't the sort to dicker even for his life.
        Badge of Infamy
        16
        And I could have got more if I'd had something to dicker with!
        The dog said bow-wow
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        Translations for dicker
        Catalan
        regatejar
        Spanish
        regatear
        Dicker through the time