Hypertext Webster Gateway: "higgle"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Higgle \Hig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Higgled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Higgling}.] [Cf. {Haggle}, or {Huckster}.]
1. To hawk or peddle provisions.

2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and
selling; to haggle.

A person accustomed to higgle about taps. --Jeffry.

To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

higgle
v : wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: {haggle}, {chaffer},
{huckster}]


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