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Webster 1913 Edition

Prig

Prig

,
Verb.
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.]

Prig

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cheapen.
[Scot.]
2.
[Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See
Prick
,
Verb.
T.
]
To filch or steal;
as, to
prig
a handkerchief
.
[Cant]

Prig

,
Noun.
1.
A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
The queer
prig
of a doctor.
Macaulay.
2.
A thief; a filcher.
[Cant]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prig

PRIG

, n.
1.
A pert, conceited, saucy, pragmatical fellow.
2.
A thief.

PRIG

,
Verb.
I.
To haggle about the price of a commodity.

PRIG

,
Verb.
T.
To filch or steal.

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