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chaffer, v.
(chaffered, chaffering, chaffers)
more info talk socially without exchanging too much information
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chaffer chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit

sample sentences

"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

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more info wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

chaffer haggle higgle huckster

sample sentences

"Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

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