HIGGLE

haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster

(verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); “Let’s not haggle over a few dollars”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

higgle (third-person singular simple present higgles, present participle higgling, simple past and past participle higgled)

(archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions.

(archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); to haggle.

Synonyms

• haggle, wrangle, chaffer, huckster.

Source: Wiktionary

Hig"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled; p. pr. & vb. n. Higgling.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition