higgler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of higgler
Example Sentences
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Consider buddleboy, bogeyman, bumboat man, flirter, higgler, pugger, muffleman, quarrel picker, spittle-maker, whiff-maker and willy man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
From pugger to quarrel-picker to higgler, the bygone artisanal trades of Britain once defined working life for most.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
"I'll wish you good morning," said the higgler.
From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.
So I persuaded the council to become security with their seal to the old higgler for half a year, and we obtained provision again from the old sheep.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
The higgler had fallen in love with Mary; and she, apparently without a single explicit word, had understood the nature of the emotion that stirred his breast.
From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.
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