The practice of haggling, bargaining, or engaging in petty trade; frivolous or petty dealing.
From chaffer plus the -y suffix indicating practice or activity. Describes haggling-based commerce or negotiation.
Chaffery could mean either metalworking or haggling—two completely different meanings for what sounds like the same word, showing how English words multiply like rabbits!
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