Prig (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging (?).] [A modification of prick.]
To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Prig, v. t.
1.
To cheapen.
[Scot.]
2. [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.]
To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
[Cant]
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Prig, n.
1.
A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
The queer prig of a doctor.
Macaulay.
2.
A thief; a filcher.
[Cant]
Shak.
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