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Webster 1913 Edition


Higgler

Hig′gler

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Noun.
One who higgles.

Webster 1828 Edition


Higgler

HIG'GLER

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Noun.
One who carries about provisions for sale.
1.
One who chaffers in bargaining.

Definition 2024


higgler

higgler

English

Noun

higgler (plural higglers)

  1. (archaic) A person who trades in dairy, poultry, and small game animals.
  2. A person who haggles or negotiates for lower prices.

Quotations

  • 1749Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Book III ch x
    He was, besides, the best sacrifice the higgler could make, as he had supplied him with no game since; and by this means the witness had an opportunity of screening his better customers:

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