prig

Noun
Synonyms: snobsnotsnoot

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a person regarded as arrogant and annoyingSynonyms: snobsnotsnoot
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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