prig
prig is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 36 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To cheapen. [Scot.]
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- blusterer
- boaster
- braggart
- brawler
- bulldozer
- bully
- dare-devil
- desperado
- doctrinaire
- dogmatist
- drawcansir
- eater
- fanfaron
- fire
- fop
- fury
- hoodlum
- jackanapes
- jingo
- larrikin
- malapert
- minx
- person
- puppy
- roarer
- roisterer
- rough
- rowdy
- saucebox
- slang-whanger
- swaggerer
- swashbuckler
- terrorist
- tough
- vaporer
- violent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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