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haggler|ˈhæglə(r)|
[f. haggle v. + -er1.]
One who haggles. Cf. also higgler.
†1. A clumsy, awkward workman; a bungler. Obs. exc. dial.
1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed (1807–8) VI. 5 As neere the pricke as you are, and as verie an hagler as I am, yet the scantling shall be mine. c1589Theses Martinianæ D ij, Alas poore haglers, their fathers are too yoong to outface the least of your sonnes. 1607Dekker & Webster Westw. Hoe ii. ii, Will you, like a haggler's arrow, be down the weather? strike whilst the iron is hot. 1847–78Halliw., Hagler, a bungler. Var. dial.
2. One who haggles or stickles in making a bargain or coming to terms.
1602Dekker Satirom. Wks. 1873 I. 245 Thy Muse is a hagler, and weares cloathes upon best-be-trust. 1611Cotgr., Cagueraffe, a base micher, scuruie hagler, lowsie dodger. 1698Vanbrugh æsop ii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 373/2 Twenty shillings more, twenty shillings less, is not the thing I stand upon. I'se no hagler, gadswookers! 1883S. C. Hall Retrospect II. 502 [He] was anything but a haggler about the prices he paid.
3. An itinerant dealer; a huckster; = cadger 1, 2.
b. (See quot. 1851.)
1602Act Com. Counc. Lond. 6 July in Stow's Survey v. xxix. (1754) II. 511/1 The open Streets..ought to be used..for open Passage..and not for Hucksters, Pedlars, and Haglers to stand and sit to sell their Wares in. a1661Fuller Worthies i. (1662) 278 Dorsers are Peds or Panniers carried on the backs of Horses, on which Haglers use to ride and carry their Commodities. a1697Aubrey Nat. Hist. Surrey (1719) II. 208 These Rounds of the Haglers..are not incompatible with a daily Market. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, A Hagler, one that Buys of the Country-Folks, and Sells in the Market, and goes from Door to Door. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 79 A ‘haggler’ being..the middle-man who attends in the fruit and vegetable-markets, and buys of the salesman to sell again to the retail dealer or costermonger. |