The Collaborative International Dictionary
Higgling
Higgle \Hig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled; p. pr. & vb. n. Higgling.] [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.]
To hawk or peddle provisions.
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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.
Wiktionary
higgling
vb. (present participle of higgle English)
Usage examples of "higgling".
Threepence had a definite value as money—it was an appreciable infringement on a day’s wages, and, as such, a higgling matter.
She's paying off the jarvey, but she don't look to me like one as'll stand higgling over the fare, so you'd do well to stir your stumps!