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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
higgle .
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Examples
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But the most distinguishing characteristic of him is, that he is a disputant, and higgles over an argument.
The Sophist 2006
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In England, or in any other great mercantile country, the bulk of the things bought and sold goes through the hands of a wholesale dealer, and it is he who higgles and bargains with an entire nation of purchasers by entering into treaty with retail sellers.
Eothen 2003
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In England, or in any other great mercantile country, the bulk of the things bought and sold goes through the hands of a wholesale dealer, and it is he who higgles and bargains with an entire nation of purchasers by entering into treaty with retail sellers.
Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East Alexander William Kinglake 1850
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Government higgles with some, and hangs the others, they mystify us all, and end by confounding us. '
Lord Kilgobbin Charles James Lever 1839
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He always stands out and higgles, and actually tires them till he gets a bargain. '
The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith 1752
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He always stands out and higgles, and actually tires them till he gets a bargain.’
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He always stands out and higgles, and actually tires them till he gets a bargain. "
MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous
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He always stands out and higgles, and actually tires them till he gets a bargain. "
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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And here's a woman, sir, with such a sense of her offspring's importance that she higgles over accepting a fortune for one of 'em! "
Hetty Wesley Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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