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PRIGS
Noun
prigs
plural of prig
Anagrams
• PIRGs, grips, sprig
Source: Wiktionary
PRIG
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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