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   dicker

   /ˈdɪkə/

   verb

   • 1. engage in petty argument or bargaining: "Sam advised him not to dicker over the extra fee"
   • 2. toy or fiddle with: "the company was still dickering with its pricing schedule"

   Word Origin early 19th century (originally US): perhaps from obsolete dicker ‘set of ten (hides’), used as a unit of trade, based on Latin decem ‘ten’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dickerer noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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