higgler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of higgler
Example Sentences
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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
This meant a marriage feast for Mary; nor would the higgler permit of the least delay in its preparation.
From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.
Thus, as was usual, the higgler went backward and forward between the door and his cart; and Mavis, with the baby on her arm, at intervals inspected various commodities.
From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.
On one occasion he learned that the floods were out between Ware and London, that passengers had to swim for their lives, and that a higgler had perished in the attempt to cross.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
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