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(obsolete) A unit of measure, consisting of 10 of some object, particularly hides and skins. / (US) A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.

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dicker

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dicker

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɪkə(ɹ)/

Noun

countable obsolete uncountable US

Japanese Meaning

（廃用語）10個単位の計量単位（特に皮革や皮を用いたもの） / （アメリカ）小物の値切り交渉や交換、取引

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The medieval tanner purchased a dicker of hides to stock his workshop.

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中世のなめし職人は、工房の在庫を補うために皮十枚の単位を購入した。

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(obsolete) A unit of measure, consisting of 10 of some object, particularly hides and skins.

Hobs [the Tanner of Tamsworth]. […] My taking is more than my spending, for here's store left. I have spent but a groat; a penny for my two jades, a penny to the poor, a penny pot of ale, and a penny cake for my man and me, a dicker of cowhides cost me.

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