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higgler
English
Etymology
higgle +? -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h??l?/
Noun
higgler (plural higglers)
- (archaic) An itinerant trader, especially one dealing in dairy produce and poultry.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Book III ch x:
- He was, besides, the best sacrifice the higgler could make, as he had supplied him with no game since; and by this means the witness had an opportunity of screening his better customers:
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 64:
- [E]very poulterer in the neighbourhood had repeatedly refused her custom […] so that her only means of procuring poultry was of the higglers: their fowls, she found out, were either so ill fed, or of such an enormous age, that there was no gravy to follow the knife […] .
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Book III ch x:
- A person who haggles or negotiates for lower prices.
- (Jamaican) A seller of any kind of small produce or wares; a huckster.
Synonyms
- (trader in dairy and poultry): wrangler
- (person who haggles): haggler, wrangler
Translations
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- higgla
Etymology
From English higgler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?(h)??la/
- Hyphenation: higg?ler
Noun
higgler (plural: higgler dem, quantified: higgler)
- higgler, street vendor
- Synonym: ICI
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 291
- higgler – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
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jiggler
English
Etymology
jiggle +? -er
Pronunciation
Noun
jiggler (plural jigglers)
- Someone or something that jiggles.
- (slang) A key, now especially a car key, that has been partially ground down so that it will open many locks.
- 1937, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
- This may be accomplished by means of jiggler keys used for opening door locks. Such keys are of two types: those for opening locks having two sets of tumblers, and those for opening locks having only one set.
- 2011, Seattle Meth and Car Theft (page 120)
- I knew about the whole key “jigglers.” Basically, random car keys are shaved down with a file, rounding out sharp edges.
- 1937, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
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