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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German schachern (“to haggle”), from Yiddish סחרן (sakhern, “to trade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑ.xə.rə(n)/
- Hyphenation: sja‧che‧ren
Verb
sjacheren
- (originally Bargoens) to sell a pup, to swindle with substandard wares, to scam
2012, Arthur van Amerongen, Mambo Jambo. Een krankzinnige liefde in Zuid-Amerika, Nijgh & Van Ditmar:Het centrum van Paraguay is overstroomd door indígenas die allemaal met dezelfde meuk sjacheren.- The city centre of Paraguay is swamped by indígenas who all try to sell a pup with the same shit.
- (originally Bargoens) to wrangle
2015, Elle Eggels, De achtste zuster, The House of Books:Ik leerde sjacheren over de prijs.- I learnt how to wrangle over prices.
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