higgler

[ hig-ler ]

noun

1. a peddler or huckster.

Word History and Origins

Origin of higgler¹

First recorded in 1630–40; higgle + -er ¹

Example Sentences

That was because he knew the buyer was a higgler, and would have left him at once had he refused to come down in his price.

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He was a higgler in little things, but had large ideas, and lots of gentlemanly feeling.

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The higgler grasped it, and was dragged out to a place of safety.

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A poor higgler, living near Hawick, had an ass for his only companion and partner in the business.

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The higgler being palsied, was accustomed to assist himself often upon the road, by holding to the ass's tail.

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