prig
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Prig \Prig\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging.] [A modification of prick.] To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Prig \Prig\, v. t.
1.To cheapen. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
2.[Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.] To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
Prig \Prig\, n.
1.A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. [1913 Webster]
The queer prig of a doctor.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
2.A thief; a filcher. [Cant] --Shak. [1913 Webster]