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Etymology of 'dicker'

The etymology of the word 'dicker', from Latin 'decem' to its modern meaning of 'to haggle' in American English.

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Feb 6, 2026

History of the phrase dicker man

The sources supplied do not document a stable idiom spelled exactly "," so its specific history cannot be reconstructed from this reporting; however, the linguistic and onomastic history of "dicker" i...

Feb 6, 2026

History of the word dicker

The English word traces a long route from decem (“ten”) through for trade into a modern verb meaning “to haggle”; scholars link the noun denoting a bundle of ten (especially hides) to a later American...