Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dicker"

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) 1.7 (wn)

dicker
v : negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a
beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: {bargain}]


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