higgle

American  

[hig-uhl] / ˈhɪg əl /

verb (used without object)

higgled, higgling

1. to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle.

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higgle British  

/ ˈhɪɡəl /

verb

1. a less common word for haggle

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Other Word Forms

• higgler noun

Etymology

Origin of higgle

First recorded in 1625–35; apparently variant of haggle

Example Sentences

I doubt whether any man makes such compacts with you," replied Linton; "but why higgle this way?

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Your doctor has n't even the cabman's privilege to higgle for a trifle more.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

They could not comprehend why they should higgle about the language of the platform when they could carry the slave States on the one form of expression as well as the other.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

Huck′stress.—v.i. to deal in small articles, to higgle meanly.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

"This is only my third detection, and half of it voluntary, I might say, if I chose to higgle, which I scorn to do."

From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria