higgle

American

[hig-uhl] / ˈhɪg əl /

verb (used without object)

higgled, higgling

to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle.

higgle British

/ ˈhɪɡəl /

verb

a less common word for haggle

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Other Word Forms

higgler

noun

Etymology

Origin of higgle

First recorded in 1625–35; apparently variant of haggle

Example Sentences

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I doubt whether any man makes such compacts with you," replied Linton; "but why higgle this way?

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

But it is idle to argue with the higgle of the market.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

If I were a man in station I would say, now is the time to pay all Alabama claims, and not higgle whether we owe them or not.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund

Shall lovers higgle, heart for heart, Till wooing grows a trading mart Where much for little, and all for part, Make love a cheapening art, Fair Ladye?

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various

You first discuss the right, and you then higgle over the arithmetic.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

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