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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] A dicker of cowhides. --Heywood. 2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as to make a dicker. [U.S.] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. --Whittier. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dicker \Dick"er\, v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] ``Ready to dicker. and to swap.'' --Cooper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dicker v : bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: {haggle}, {higgle}, {chaffer}, {huckster}]
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