What does higgle mean?
Higgle means (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions..
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/ˈhɪɡəl/ · verb
(archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions..
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— […]
to truck and higgle for a private good
Use higgle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Higgle means (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions..
Common synonyms include haggle, wrangle, chaffer, huckster.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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— […]
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