— palterer , n.
/pawl"teuhr/ , v.i.
1. to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
2. to bargain with; haggle.
3. to act carelessly; trifle.
[ 1530-40 in sense "to speak indistinctly," perh. alter. of FALTER in same sense, with p- from PALSY 1 ]