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higgle
(encz) | higgle, v: |
Higgle
(gcide) | Higgle \Hig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Higgling.] [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]
1. To hawk or peddle provisions.
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2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and
selling; to haggle.
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A person accustomed to higgle about taps. --Jeffry.
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To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson.
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higgle
(wn) | higgle
v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle,
chaffer, huckster] |
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higgledy-piggledy
(encz) | higgledy-piggledy,bez ladu a skladu Zdeněk Brož |
Higgle
(gcide) | Higgle \Hig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Higgling.] [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]
1. To hawk or peddle provisions.
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2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and
selling; to haggle.
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A person accustomed to higgle about taps. --Jeffry.
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To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson.
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Higgled
(gcide) | Higgle \Hig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Higgling.] [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]
1. To hawk or peddle provisions.
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2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and
selling; to haggle.
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A person accustomed to higgle about taps. --Jeffry.
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To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson.
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Higgledy-piggledy
(gcide) | Higgledy-piggledy \Hig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy\, adv.
In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] --Johnson.
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Higgler
(gcide) | Higgler \Hig"gler\, n.
One who higgles.
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higgledy-piggledy
(wn) | higgledy-piggledy
adv 1: in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy-
piggledy" [syn: higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy]
adj 1: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
jumbled, topsy-turvy] |
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