Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Badgered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Badgered} (?);p. pr. &
vb. n. {Badgering}.] [For sense 1, see 2d {Badger}; for 2,
see 1st {Badger}.]
1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or
irritate persistently.
2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
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