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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
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