chapmanship
English
Etymology
From chapman + -ship.
Noun
chapmanship (uncountable)
- (rare) The state, quality, condition, or role of a chapman (dealer, bargainer, tradesman).
- 1926, John L. Rayner, The Complete Newgate Calendar:
- In short, after a great deal of chapmanship, the haberdasher got the fiddle at forty guineas; and a happy man was he, thinking he had made ten guineas by the bargain.