Synonyms for haggler
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hag-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæg əl |
Définition of haggler
Origin :- 1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of haggen "to chop" (see hack (v.1)). Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away. Related: Haggled; haggling.
- As in stickler : noun insistent person
- I am no compromiser, no treaty-maker, no haggler, no beggar.
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
- "I don't quite like my children going away from home," said the haggler.
- Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
- Even when she contended over prices they were still polite with her and never called her haggler.
- Extract from : « Germinie Lacerteux » by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
- Thorliek said, "I am no haggler, but these horses you will never have, not even though you offer three times their worth."
- Extract from : « Laxdla Saga » by Anonymous
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