Palter v. t. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. (Obs.) "Palter out your time in the penal statutes."
Palter v. i. (past & past part. paltered; pres. part. paltering)
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To haggle. (Obs.)
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To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle. "Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter.""Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power."
... with a look that forbids discussion.] Quite! And let there be no idle quacking and paltering! [The GANDERS go off in haste.] You, Chicken, your task, as you know, is to pick off slugs, your full number before evening being thirty-two.—You, Cockerel, go practise your crow. Four hundred times cry Cock-a-doodle-doo in ... — Chantecler - Play in Four Acts • Edmond Rostand
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