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PRIG
snob, prig, snot, snoot
(noun) a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prig (plural prigs)
(British, archaic, thieves) A tinker.
(British, archaic, thieves) A petty thief or pickpocket.
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
(archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
Synonyms
• (petty thief): See Thesaurus:thief
• (person exhibiting excess propriety): goody-goody, prude, puritan
• (conceited dandy): See Thesaurus:dandy
Verb
prig (third-person singular simple present prigs, present participle prigging, simple past and past participle prigged)
(slang, dated) To filch or steal.
To ride
To copulate
Synonyms
• (steal): cozen, mill, purloin; see also steal
• (copulate): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also copulate with
Anagrams
• IGRP, PIRG, grip
Source: Wiktionary
Prig, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging.] Etym: [A modification of prick.]
Definition: To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Prig, v. t.
1. To cheapen. [Scot.]
2. Etym: [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.]
Definition: To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]
Prig, n.
1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.
2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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