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dicker

mastery

/ˈdɪkə(ɹ)/verbnoun

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Which meaning of 'dicker' best matches its use in the sentence?

“Grant that the North’s insulted, scorned, betrayed, O'erreached in bargains with her neighbor made, When selfish thrift and party held the scales For peddling dicker, not for honest sales,— Whom shall we strike? Who most deserves our blame?