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higglers

higglers is the plural of higgler.

Meaning of higgler

Noun

higgler (plural higglers)

  1. (archaic) An itinerant trader, especially one dealing in dairy produce and poultry.
    • He was, besides, the best sacrifice the higgler could make, as he had supplied him with no game since; and by this means the witness had an opportunity of screening his better customers:1749, Henry Fielding, chapter X, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book III
    Synonyms:
    wrangler
  2. A person who haggles or negotiates for lower prices.
    Synonyms:
    haggler, wrangler
  3. (Jamaica) A seller of any kind of small produce or wares; a huckster.

Questions about higglers

What is higglers the plural of?
Higglers is the plural of higgler.

Words near higglers in the dictionary

  1. higgledy
  2. higgledy-piggledies
  3. higgledy-piggledy
  4. higgledypiggledy
  5. higgler
  6. higglers
  7. higglery
  8. higgles
  9. higgling
  10. higglings
  11. Higgon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: higglers (page history and authors); higgler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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