What does "prig" mean?
Prig: To cheapen. [Scot.]
Additional senses
- 2.Etym: [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.] To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]
- 3.A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.
- 4.A thief; a filcher. [Cant] Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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