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
So I persuaded the council to become security with their seal to the old higgler for half a year, and we obtained provision again from the old sheep.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
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 William Harrison Ainsworth
The higgler distinctly preened himself, and smiled archly.
From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell
