Higgle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɪɡəl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Higgle is a verb meaning (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions.
Meaning
(archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions.
More Meanings
- (archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); to haggle.
Example Sentences
to truck and higgle for a private good
The genius of a people vvhere nothing but the monarchy is ſalique, having ceded this department, vvith ſundry others, totally to the vvomen—by a continual higgling vvith cuſtomers of all ranks and ſizes from morning to night, like ſo many rough pebbles ſhook long together in a bag, by amicable colliſions, they have vvorn dovvn their aſperities and ſharp angles, and not only become round and ſmooth, but vvill receive, ſome of them, a poliſh like a brilliant— […]
Word Forms
- higgles
- higgling
- higgled
Synonyms for higgle
Depending on context, synonyms include haggle, wrangle, chaffer, huckster, dicker.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include huckster, haggle, chaffer, dicker, higgle-haggle, hucksterize.
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