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Webster 1913 Edition
Higgle
1.
To hawk or peddle provisions.
2.
To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
A person accustomed to
higgle
about taps. Jeffry.
To truck and
higgle
for a private good. Emerson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Higgle
HIG'GLE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To carry provisions about and offer them for sale.2.
To chaffer; to be difficult in making a bargain. It argues an ignorant mind, where we have wronged to higgle and dodge in the amends.
Definition 2024
higgle
higgle
English
Verb
higgle (third-person singular simple present higgles, present participle higgling, simple past and past participle higgled)
- (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions.
- (archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
- To truck and higgle for a private good. — Emerson.
Synonyms
References
- higgle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913