Biggling?

Alice Faber faber at HASKINS.YALE.EDU
Thu Oct 14 14:09:24 UTC 2004


Martha Barnette said:
>Anyone familiar with this word, as in "quit your biggling"?
>
>The few times I've seen "biggling", it's been in connection with
>"higgling,"which makes me suspect it has to do with haggling. But I
>have yet to find a clear definition or source for this term.

A wild guess (as I'm not familiar with the term either): perhaps it's
a blend with "bickering".
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