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Meaning of HIGGLE

Pronunciation:  'higul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
 
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 Synonyms: chaffer, haggle, huckster
 
 See Also: bargain, bargain down, beat down, dicker

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Higgled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Higgling}.] [Cf. {Haggle}, or {Huckster}.]
1. To hawk or peddle provisions.
2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and
   selling; to haggle.
         A person accustomed to higgle about taps. --Jeffry.
         To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson.
 

 

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