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.
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Dick"er, v. i. & t.
To negotiate a dicker; to barter.
[U.S.] "Ready to
dicker. and to swap."
Cooper.
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