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Badgering \Badg"er*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who badgers.
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2. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in
one place and selling them in another for a profit. [Prov.
Eng.]
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Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Badgered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Badgering}.] [For sense 1, see 2d {Badger}; for 2, see
1st {Badger}.]
1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or
irritate persistently.
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2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
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