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chaffer
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v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle,
chaffer, huckster]
2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
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gaffer
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n 1: an elderly man [syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer,
old geezer, antique]
2: an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
3: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to
leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman,
chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]
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staffer
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n 1: an employee who is a member of a staff of workers
(especially a member of the staff that works for the
President of the United States) [syn: staff member,
staffer]
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hoffa
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n 1: United States labor leader who was president of the
Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge
and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered
(1913-1975) [syn: Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa, James Riddle
Hoffa]
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staffa
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n 1: an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the
west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave
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luftwaffe
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n 1: the German airforce [syn: Luftwaffe, German Luftwaffe]
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jaffa
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n 1: a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated
into Tel Aviv in 1950 [syn: Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo]
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kaffir
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n 1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem
form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged
leaves [syn: great millet, kaffir, kafir corn,
kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor]
2: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn:
kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre]
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kafir
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n 1: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn:
kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre]
2: a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
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moffa
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mustafa
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shaffer
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