higgle-haggle
higgle-haggle verb: to haggle.
Verb
higgle-haggle (third-person singular simple present higgle-haggles, present participle higgle-haggling, simple past and past participle higgle-haggled)
- To haggle.
- […] and though his offer was "low, much too low, still it was he who had arranged the invitation to Sir Brooks'; and besides, Droigel was under obligations to him; and no one could say, or should say, Droigel was ungrateful, or higgle-haggled like a huckster. No paper, it was true, had been signed...1873, J. H. Riddell, Home, Sweet Home, volume 3, page 44
Forms of higgle-haggle
| third-person singular present | higgle-haggles |
|---|---|
| present participle | higgle-haggling |
| past participle | higgle-haggled |
| past | higgle-haggled |
Questions about higgle-haggle
- What does higgle-haggle mean?
- Higgle-haggle means to haggle.
- What part of speech is higgle-haggle?
- Higgle-haggle is a verb.
- What is the past tense of higgle-haggle?
- The past tense of higgle-haggle is higgle-haggled.
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