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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.
PRIG
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
prig
prig
English
Noun
prig (plural prigs)
- A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
- (Britain, archaic) A petty thief or pickpocket.
- William Topaz McGonagall, The Christmas Goose
- But a policeman captur'd the naughty boy, / And gave the goose to Smiggs, / And said he was greatly bother'd / By a set of juvenile prigs.
- William Topaz McGonagall, The Christmas Goose
- (archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
Synonyms
- (person exhibiting excess propriety): prude
Derived terms
Translations
a person showing exaggerated conformity
Etymology 2
Of unknown origin.
Verb
prig (third-person singular simple present prigs, present participle prigging, simple past and past participle prigged)
Translations
to argue over price
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