English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-dicker.ogg|Audio (US)
RP: dĭk�(r), /�dɪk�(r)/, /<tt>"dIk@(r)</tt>/
w:General American|GenAm?: dĭk�r, /�dɪk�/, /<tt>"dIk@`</tt>/

Verb
to dicker

1. to bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale
2. to barter

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete The number or quantity of ten, particularly modifying hides or skins; a daker.

#:a dicker of gloves

1. US A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.

#:make a dicker

Quotations
ten
1866, The dicker, or daker, was ten, and is found, though generally at later times than the period before us, as a measure for hides and gloves. &mdash; James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 171

German

Pronunciation
IPA|/�dɪk�/

Adjective
dicker

1. comparative of dick#German|dick

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