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prick-me-dainty
ˈprick-me-ˈdainty, n. and a. Now Sc. or arch. Also 6 pryckmedenty, prickmydante; 9 prig-, prick-my-dainty, prick ma dainty, -denty. [f. prick v. (sense 20) + me + dainty a.] A. n. ‘One who dresses in a finical manner, or is ridiculously exact in dress or carriage’ (Jam.); one who is affectedly finic... Oxford English Dictionary
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prig
▪ I. † prig, n.1 Obs. Also 5–6 prigg, pryg(ge (7 prydg). [App. another form of sprig n. (nail). Cf. prag n.1] (?) = sprig, brad (usually collective).1410 in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1882) III. 447 (Wye) Tileprig 6200 {at} m/10. 1411 Ibid., Wogh prig nails... Tyle prig. 1415 Ibid., (Charles & Rowhill)... Oxford English Dictionary
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