or niggler, subs. (old).—1.  A clipper of money; a SWEATER (q.v.). See NIG.—B. E. (1696); GROSE (1785).

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  2.  (venery).—A practical amorist: cf. NIGGLE, sense 1; a PERFORMER (q.v.).

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  1659.  Lady Alimony, ii., 5 [DODSLEY, Old Plays (HAZLITT), 4th ed., 1875, xiv., 313]. This was a bold-fac’d NIGGLER.

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  3.  (old).—See quot.

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  1796.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. NIGLER. One who is clever and dextrous.

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