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