higgle

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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.

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  1. intransitive verb To haggle.

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  1. Probably alteration of haggle.

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  1. Prob. a weakened form of haggle; or perhaps from the noun higgler, regarded as an accommodation form of huckler (cf. Dutch heukelaar), equivalent to huckster: see huckster.
 

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/ˈhɪgl/
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