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   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.]
   
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   Prig, v. t.
   1. To cheapen. [Scot.]
   
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   2. [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.] To filch or steal; as, “to prig a handkerchief”. [Cant]
   
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   Prig, n.
   1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
   
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   The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.
   
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   2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant]  Shak.
   
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