higgler

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From pugger to quarrel-picker to higgler, the bygone artisanal trades of Britain once defined working life for most.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Consider buddleboy, bogeyman, bumboat man, flirter, higgler, pugger, muffleman, quarrel picker, spittle-maker, whiff-maker and willy man.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Mr. Druitt had been introduced by Mrs. Goudie as the higgler, or itinerant poulterer and greengrocer, who served the house in Mr. Bates' time.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

Fresh vegetables, poultry, eggs, butter, and milk, were brought by a higgler from the country, and raised by means of a basket or a can attached to the pulley.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison

But the higgler went on; and another cart soon appeared, in which she had the pleasure to see a woman, driven by a boy.

From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny