Definition
dickerers
noun
- plural of dickerer; people who haggle or bargain, especially over small amounts or trivial matters
Usage: informal; often used with a slightly pejorative tone
Examples
- The dickerers at the flea market spent hours negotiating over a few dollars.
- Those dickerers refused to pay the asking price without a lengthy debate.
- He was known as one of the worst dickerers in town, always trying to shave a penny off everything.
- The dickerers finally agreed on a price after much back-and-forth.
- Rather than deal with dickerers, the vendor posted fixed prices.