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Prog
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. [Slang] Swift. So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.
2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. [Slang]
3. A goal; progue. [Scot.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. [Low] A perfect artist in progging for money. Fuller. I have been endeavoring to prog for you. Burke.
2. To steal; to rob; to filch. [Low] Johnson.
3. To prick; to goad; to progue. [Scot.]