"Dicker" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and the latter was the earlier meaning of Fr. motte, now a clod, In Anglo-French we find moat used of a mound fortress in a marsh. Now it is applied to the surrounding water. From dike come the names Dicker, Dickman, Grimsdick, etc. Sometimes the name Dykes may imply residence near some historic earthwork, such as Offa's Dyke, just as Wall, for which Waugh was used in the north, may show connection with the Roman wall. With these may be mentioned ...
— The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley
... can't close the deal," he said, arising, "I cleaned up five hundred dollars in a little real estate dicker down in Susanville. I'd do anything I could to free the lady, but ...
— Whirligigs • O. Henry
... ago er better, a letter comes to hand Astin' how I 'd like to dicker fer some Illinois land— "The feller that had owned it," it went ahead to state, "Had jest deceased, ...
— Green Fields and Running Brooks, and Other Poems • James Whitcomb Riley
... protested Senator Corson. "It's just as Morrison says—we don't need to itemize his stock in trade. I can estimate it for myself. Morrison, you say you're ready to dicker. ...
— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day
... fool!" he retorted, angrily. "Any landed proprietor here can become a rebel general in exchange for his estate! A fine bargain! A thrifty dicker! Let Philip Schuyler enjoy his brief reign in Albany. What's the market value of the glory he exchanged for his broad acres? Can you appraise ...
— The Maid-At-Arms • Robert W. Chambers
... for a few cents we doan' dicker. Say we make it three dollars, and on rainy mornings coffee and rolls so you ...
— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst |
