Prig1, n.
n. [See PRIG, v. t.] 1. A pert, conceited, saucy, pragmatical fellow. “The queer prig of a doctor.” Macaulay. 2. A thief. [Cant.] All sorts of villains, knaves, prigs, &c., are essential parts of the equipage of life. De Quincey.
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Prig
Prĭg2, v. i.
[imp. & p. p. PRIGGED; p. pr. & vb. n. PRIGGING.] [A modification of prick, q. v.] To haggle about the price of a commodity. [Prov. Eng.] Ramsay.
Prĭg3, v. t.
Sense 1. To haggle about; to cheapen; as, to prig a salmon. [Scot.]
Sense 2. To filch or steal. [Cant.]