Category:Prog

Prog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progged (. p. pr. & vb. n. Progging.] Etym: [cf. D. prachen, g. prachern, dan. prakke, sw. pracka, to beg, l. Procare, procari, to ask, demand, and e. prowl.]

1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low Arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. [low] A perfect artist in progging for money. Fuller. I have been endeavoring to prog for you. Burke.

2. To steal; to rob; to filch. [low] johnson.

3. To prick; to goad; to progue. [scot.]

Prog Prog, n.

1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; Supplies. [slang] swift. So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.

2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. [slang]

3. A goal; progue. [scot.]