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higgler

American  
[hig-ler] / ˈhɪg lər /

noun

  1. a peddler or huckster.


Etymology

Origin of higgler

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


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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

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

One week Mr. Druitt the higgler failed to pay his usual visit, and there was conjecture in the Vine-Pits kitchen as to the reason of his absence.

From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell

"I'll wish you good morning," said the higgler.

From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell

Eventually their time came, when they broke into the house of a man named Tom Thurley, a higgler, living near the mill stream.

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Alfred Kingston

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