Higgler

[hig-gler]

Definition

An informal market vendor, trader, or street seller.

Example Sentences

Patois:
Di higgler dem set up dem stall early inna di morning.
English:
The informal market vendors set up their stalls early in the morning.

Patois:
She work as a higgler fi send her pickney dem go college.
English:
She works as a street vendor to send her children to college.

Usage Tip

Essential socio-economic figure in Jamaican commerce, referring to independent small-scale vendors.

Patois Synonym: vendor
English Synonym: street vendor; market trader

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