hondel
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Yiddish האַנדלען (handlen, “to trade”), from German handeln. Doublet of handle.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhɒndəl/
=== Verb ===
hondel (third-person singular simple present hondels, present participle (US) hondeling or (UK) hondelling, simple past and past participle (US) hondeled or (UK) hondelled)
(intransitive) To bargain; to haggle.
1977, Janet Kaplan and Judy Stacey Goldman, The Underground Jerusalem Guide, Keter Pub. House:
It's the clanging of cash registers, the banging of beads, hawking, hondelling and the hooting of horns.
=== Anagrams ===
onheld, held on, Holden, holden
== Middle English ==
=== Noun ===
hondel (plural hondels)
handle (device designed to be gripped or held in the hand)
==== Descendants ====
English: handle