单词 | haggler |
释义 | hagglern.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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