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PRIGGING definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
verbWord forms: prigs, prigging, prigged. 1. another word for steal .
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prigging, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun prigging is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for prigging is from 1591, in the writing of Robert Greene, ...
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PRIG Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 · fop ; 2 · fellow, person ; 3 · one who offends or irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech or manners) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree.
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prigging
▪ I. ˈprigging, vbl. n. slang. [f. prig v.1 + -ing1.] The action of prig v.1; a. (Thieves' Cant.) Stealing; in mod. slang, petty thieving, pilfering. prigging law or prigging lay, thieves' trade or way.1591 Greene Conny Catch. ii. (1592) 3 This base villany of Prigging, or horse-stealing. 1627 E. F....
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prigging, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective prigging is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for prigging is from 1567, in the writing of Thomas Harman, ...
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prigging - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English · Pronunciation · Verb · Noun. edit. prigging (plural priggings). (obsolete, slang) stolen goods · 1837, “The Fate of Percy”, in The ...
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pugging
▪ I. ˈpugging, n. [f. pug v.2 3 + -ing1.] See quot. 1823, and pug v.2 3.1823 P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 392 Pugging, the materials composed of bricks and mortar, &c., introduced between the joists of floors, in order to prevent the communication of sound, or to deaden it in the interval from one sto...
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Prig - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Other forms: prigs; prigged; prigging. If you act like you're better than everyone else, they might start calling you a prig — a snobby and arrogant person.
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prigging, n.¹ - Green's Dictionary of Slang
prigging n. 1. [prig v. ] 1. (UK Und.) riding. ... 2. having sexual intercourse. ... ← prigger, n.
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PRIG Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety
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"PRIGGING": Stealing or pilfering, especially secretly - OneLook
Usually means: Stealing or pilfering, especially secretly. Definitions Related words Mentions History. We found 12 dictionaries that define the word prigging:
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PRIG definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. a person who is annoyingly smug in his or her moral behavior, attitudes, etc. 2. a person who is annoyingly fastidious about rules, small details, etc.
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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)...
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pigging
▪ I. pigging, vbl. n.1 (ˈpɪgɪŋ) [f. pig v.1 + -ing1.] 1. Farrowing; huddling.1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 518 An easie and safe pigging. 1898 B. Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa xii. 191 The ‘pigging’ in Soudan dirt and heat. 2. pigging back Metallurgy, the addition of more pig-iron to the charge in ...
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rifler
▪ I. rifler1 Now rare. (ˈraɪflə(r)) Also 4 rifflere, 4–5 ryfeler, 5 rifeler, -or, ryflar; 4 riflowr, 5 ryflowre. [f. rifle v.1] 1. A robber, plunderer, spoiler.1326 Ann. Paulini (Rolls) I. 321 Vocabatur tunc temporis hujusmodi robaria ‘Rifflinge’; et prædones appellabuntur ‘Riffleres’. a 1350 in Rel...
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