Prig /(?)/
Prig
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging
- To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Prig
v. t.
- To cheapen. [Scot.]
- To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]
Prig
n.
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A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
The queer prig of a doctor.
- A thief; a filcher. [Cant]