"higgle" meaning in All languages combined

See higgle on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhɪɡəl/ Forms: higgles [present, singular, third-person], higgling [participle, present], higgled [participle, past], higgled [past]
Etymology: Probably an alteration of haggle. Head templates: {{en-verb}} higgle (third-person singular simple present higgles, present participle higgling, simple past and past participle higgled)
  1. (archaic) To hawk or peddle provisions. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-higgle-en-verb-7wOhrK2U
  2. (archaic) To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); to haggle. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-higgle-en-verb-4oHHJBEU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haggle, wrangle, chaffer, huckster Derived forms: higgle-haggle

Inflected forms

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