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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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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

The higgler distinctly preened himself, and smiled archly.

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

Fresh vegetables, poultry, eggs, butter, and milk, were brought by a higgler from the country, and raised by means of a basket or a can attached to the pulley.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by William Harrison Ainsworth

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