Higgling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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