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priggish
priggish, a. (ˈprɪgɪʃ) [f. prig n.3 + -ish.] Having the character of a prig (in various senses). † 1. Dishonest, thievish. Obs. Cant.a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Priggish, Thievish. † 2. ? Dandyish, dandified; coxcombical. Obs.1702 Steele Funeral iv. (1723) 62 Major General Trim, no, Pox Trim soun...
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Grundy
Miss Grundy, a teacher in the Archie Comics series
Mrs Grundy, in Thomas Morton's 1798 play Speed the Plough, later used to exemplify a conventional or priggish
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Pellefant
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Pellefant A small blue elephant, headstrong and priggish, somewhat like Karlsson-on-the-Roof.
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Zuricher
Zuricher, n. (ˈz(j)ʊərɪkə(r), ‖ ˈtsyːrɪ{cced}ər) [a. Ger. Züricher, or f. Zurich n. + -er1.] A native or inhabitant of Zurich.1673 J. Ray Observations Journey Low-Countries 433 The Zurichers..are now much given to merchandise and to accumulate riches. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 208/2 The matters in ...
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The Swap (TV series)
She is whiny, petulant and stupid and he is grumpy, brusque and priggish.
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bibliognost
bibliognost (ˈbɪblɪəˌgnəʊst, -ɒst, -ɔː-) [a. F. bibliognoste, f. biblio- + Gr. γνώστης one who knows.] One who knows books and bibliography. Hence bibliognostic a.a 1824 D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1839) III. 343 A bibliognoste..is one knowing in title-pages and colophons..and all the minutiæ of a book. 18...
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James Marchant
He epitomised the view of the priggish Victorian attitude to sex and morality.
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James Marchant was born in London on 18 December 1867.
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parsonic
parsonic, a. (pɑːˈsɒnɪk) [f. parson + -ic (after words from Gr.).] Of or pertaining to a parson; resembling or characteristic of parsons.1785 Mrs. S. Boys Coalition II. 74 He felt himself bold, not entertaining any great idea of parsonic valour. 1847 C. Brontë J. Eyre xxxvii, His manners..are not to...
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The Robber Symphony
Despite characterizing the picture as "certainly the most interesting film of the last twelve months", Greene found the film to deliver a "priggish[] reprimand
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Jay Garner (actor)
He debuted the role of the priggish anti-homosexual politician Eduord Dindon in La Cage Aux Folles and had the lead role of Georgia Governor Lester Maddox
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blue-nosed
blue-nosed, a. [blue a. 1.] Having a blue nose; also (chiefly U.S.) transf. and fig., esp. as a term of disparagement or contempt; spec. priggish, puritanical (cf. blue-nose 4).1809 W. Irving Knickerb. iii. ii, A goodly, blue-nosed, skim'd milk, New-England cheese. 1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp 87 The b...
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Mario Naves
Jerry Saltz, writing in The Village Voice, twice took Naves to task for his "priggish, stuffy" and "self-congratulatory bitch-slapping."
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Colin Welch
was "hard to see how a diet of Miss Blyton could help with the 11-plus or even with the Cambridge English Tripos", describing Noddy as an "unnaturally priggish
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Camille Chen
Chan, "a priggish mother of two and president of the parent group Two Million Moms".
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