higgle

[ hig-uhl ]

verb (used without object),hig·gled, hig·gling.

to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle.

Origin of higgle

First recorded in 1625–35; apparently variant of haggle

Words Nearby higgle

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How to use higgle in a sentence

I hope that every young man who reads this, will start in life with a resolution never to higgle and lie in dealings.
Advice to Young Men | William Cobbett
This will be peculiarly necessary, lest they sham, and higgle about letting me away.'
The Life of Friedrich Schiller | Thomas Carlyle
Be first in acting.Prig; to chaffer or higgle about a thing.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford | Samuel Rutherford
Published tariffs were only the starting point for "higgle" and "dicker."
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
It is to no purpose to higgle with such people; you are sure to loose by them.
Novanglus, and Massachusettensis | John Adams

British Dictionary definitions for higgle

higgle

/ (ˈhɪɡəl) /

verb

a less common word for haggle

Derived forms of higgle

higgler, noun

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