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higgler

[hig-ler] / ˈhɪg lər /
NOUN
stickler
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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

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

"I'll wish you good morning," said the higgler.

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

Eventually their time came, when they broke into the house of a man named Tom Thurley, a higgler, living near the mill stream.

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Kingston, Alfred

Mrs. Dale," said the higgler, solemnly, "I married my first wife for money, and I've been punished for my mistake.

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