baratta

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But he broke off in his reply, and burst out in loud, harsh tones, not unlike the creaking and grating of a cart-wheel: "_Chi abbaratta_ -- _baratta_ -- _b'ratta_ -- _chi abbaratta cenci e vetri_ -- _b'ratta ferri vecchi_?"

Romola George Eliot 1849
He feigned to be a hawker and fared through the streets, crying out, 'Donne, donne, chi baratta anelli di ferro contra anelli di argento?'"

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855