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单词 haggler
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hagglern.

Brit. /ˈhaɡl̩ə/, /ˈhaɡlə/, U.S. /ˈhæɡ(ə)lər/
Forms: see haggle v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: haggle v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < haggle v. + -er suffix1.
1. A clumsy or awkward person; a bungler. Obsolete (in later use English regional).
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > person
blundererc1440
blunt-workerc1440
botcher1440
bumblerc1530
bungler1533
haggler1577
bumbiea1585
tool1699
screw-up1944
foul-up1945
fuck-upc1945
omnishambles2009
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 3/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I As neere the pricke as you are, & as very an hagler as I am, yet the scantling shall be myne.
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ D ij Alas poore haglers, their fathers are too yoong to outface the least of your sonnes.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. ii. sig. C4v Wil you like a haglers Arrow, be down the weather, Strike whilst the iron is hot.
1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Hagler, a bungler. Var. dial.
2. A person who argues or disputes about something, esp. persistently or in a petty, overly detailed manner; spec. a person who argues over the terms of an agreement or transaction; a person given to bargaining, esp. over the price of something.
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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > bargainer or haggler
chafferera1382
bargainera1500
dodger1568
trucker1598
haggler1602
dickerer1872
badgerer1876
the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > one who negotiates
treater1489
entreater1523
conditioner1598
haggler1602
negotiant1602
negotiator1609
negotiatrix1624
horse-trader1901
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. I4 Thy Muse is a hagler, and weares cloathes vpon best-be-trust.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cagueraffe, a base micher, scuruie hagler, lowsie dodger.
1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop ii. 23 Twenty Shillings more, Twenty Shillings less, is not the thing I stand upon. I'se no Hagler, Gadswookars.
1735 tr. P. Marivaux Le Paysan Parvenu 217 Thus, from offers to offers, our officious Haggler concluded the Agreement.
1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 502 [He] was anything but a haggler about the prices he paid.
1938 Times 14 Oct. 12/1 The Ruler of Turkey..has now made bargaining illegal; no longer will the wiles of the haggler enliven the business of shopping in Turkish bazaars.
2001 Sun-Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Late ed.) (Sunday Life section) 8 Josh Hurford..is a deft haggler. ‘For big items, you can always get $50 knocked off the price,’ he says.
3.
a. An itinerant dealer or pedlar; esp. one who buys poultry, dairy produce, etc., in rural areas to sell in towns and cities, and buys small goods from towns and cities to sell in rural areas; = higgler n. 2a. Cf. cadger n. 2a. In later use English regional.
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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > itinerant
piepowderc1436
kedger1497
badgera1500
cadger?a1500
chapman?1593
peripateticc1600
haggler1602
higgler1637
mugger1743
truckerc1790
smouch1849
smouse1850
togt-ganger1879
kurveyor1885
smouser1903
machinga1993
1602 Act Common Council London 6 July in J. Stow Surv. London (1720) II. v. xxx. 410/1 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.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A Hagler, one that Buys of the Country-Folks, and Sells in the Market, and goes from Door to Door.
1886 W. H. Long Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 25 Haggler, one who buys poultry and eggs, to sell again.
1926 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 803/2 Intermediaries known as higglers (also as cadgers and hagglers) going round in districts where the farms are scattered and distant from the larger consuming centres.
1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey Herts. Heritage 96 Higgler, Haggler, a pedlar of eggs, etc.
b. spec. A commercial intermediary who buys fruit and vegetables at one of the main London markets in order to sell them at a profit; = higgler n. 2d. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman > in specific trades
bummaree1786
fogger1843
haggler1851
higgler1930
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 79/2 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.
1879 Rep. Select Comm. Co-operative Stores 121/1 in Parl. Papers 1878–9 (H.C. 344) IX. 1 For years and years, indeed ever since Smithfield and Covent Garden markets have been, the bummarees and hagglers and other middlemen have been preying upon both producer and consumer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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