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Prig
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.
2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To cheapen. [Scot.]
2. To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]