Definition of Dickir
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.
Dick"er, v. i. & t. To negotiate a
dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to
swap." Cooper.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (obsolete) The number or quantity of ten, particularly modifying hides or skins; a daker.
a dicker of gloves
- (US) A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.
make a dicker
German
- comparative of dick
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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