About The Word Prig
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Prig
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What's The Definition Of Prig?
[n] a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Synonyms | Synonyms for Prig: snob | snot Related Terms | Find terms related to Prig: See Also | disagreeable person | unpleasant person Prig In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
\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] \Prig\, n. 1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. --Macaulay. 2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] --Shak. |
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