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prigging

prigging

English

Verb

prigging

present participle of prig

Noun

prigging ‎(plural priggings)

(obsolete, slang) stolen goods
- 1837, The Fate of Percy (in The Knickerbacker, Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 9, page 453)
  The minister of state and I alike for booty ax,
  Only I confess its priggings, v'ile he calls his swag a tax.
- 1847, ‎The Golden Farmer (in The Minor Drama: A Collection of the Most Popular Spring Comedies, Vaudevilles, Burlettas, Travesties, Etc, volume 1)
  Vhy^[sic], if I an't changed the coats without taking the priggings out ov my pocket, and have let him valk off vith all the plunder […]