Category:Prig

Prig, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging.] Etym: [a modification of prick.]

Defn: to haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [prov. Eng. & scot.]

Prig Prig, v. t.

1. To cheapen. [scot.]

2. Etym: [perhaps orig., to ride off with. See prick, v. t.]

Defn: to filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [cant]

Prig Prig, n.

1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.

2. A thief; a filcher. [cant] shak.