Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To haggle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To chaffer; bargain closely and persistently; strive for advantage in bargaining, especially in a petty way.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To hawk or peddle provisions.
- intransitive verb To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic To hawk or peddle provisions.
- verb archaic To
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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English synonyms: to dicker, to bargain, to wrangle, to haggle, to higgle, to huckster marchander un prix = to negotiate a price tenter de marchander = to try to bargain
Brocante / Antiques 2010
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English synonyms: to dicker, to bargain, to wrangle, to haggle, to higgle, to huckster marchander un prix = to negotiate a price tenter de marchander = to try to bargain
Brocante / Antiques 2010
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Now our simple ways were a puzzle to him, as I told him very often; but he only laughed, and rubbed his mouth with the back of his dry shining hand, and I think he shortly began to languish for want of some one to higgle with.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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In the short run, buyers and sellers met to higgle on the marketplace, but basically the bargaining process revolved about a fixed quantity of goods—the diamonds that the diamond merchants brought along with them in their suitcases.
The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999
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In the short run, buyers and sellers met to higgle on the marketplace, but basically the bargaining process revolved about a fixed quantity of goods—the diamonds that the diamond merchants brought along with them in their suitcases.
The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999
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An 'this is the shanty you wrote about with everything out and inside higgle-de-piggeldy!
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Gordon Sellar
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"Things will go higgle-ty-piggle-ty, sure as the world," said Kat, balancing on the edge of the table, and fanning with the duster.
Six Girls A Home Story Fannie Belle Irving
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Oh, ye should not prig (higgle) with Him about anything.
The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony Thomas Houston
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The economic propensity to higgle and barter appeared early among the
The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress George Edmund Haynes 1920
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Did Mr. Wordsworth really imagine, that he favourite doctrines were likely to gain any thing in point of effect or authority by being put into the mouth of a person accustomed to higgle about tape, or brass sleeve-buttons?
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
brtom commented on the word higgle
The pedlar sweats with his pack on his back -- the purchaser higgles about the odd cent. Whitman, Song of Myself
December 9, 2006
jaime_d commented on the word higgle
from Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution
March 6, 2011