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English Dictionary: higgle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
higgle
v
  1. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
    Synonym(s): haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Higgle \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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