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prig |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prig \Prig\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prigged}; p. pr & vb n. {Prigging}.] [A modification of prick.] To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prig \Prig\, v. t. 1. To cheapen. [Scot.] 2. [Perhaps orig., to ride off with See {Prick}, v. t.] To filch or steal; as to prig a handkerchief. [Cant] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prig \Prig\, n. 1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. --Macaulay. 2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prig n : a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: {snob}, {snot}]
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