CHAFFERS

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CHAFFERS. Anciently signified wares and merchandise; hence the word 
  chaffering, which is yet used for buying and selling, or beating down the 
  price of an article. The word is used in stat. 3 Ed. III. c. 4.