Definition of prigs Prigs
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What does prigs mean?
Wiktionary 
- prigs (Noun)
Plural of prig.
Part of speech
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| prig - a person regarded as arrogant and annoying | ||
| snob, snot, snoot | ||
| disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | ||
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Wiktionary
- prig (Noun)
A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner. - prig (Noun)
A petty thief or pickpocket. - prig (Noun)
A conceited dandy; a fop. - prig (Verb)
To haggle or argue over price.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- prig (v. i.)
To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. - prig (v. t.)
To cheapen. - prig (v. t.)
To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. - prig (n.)
A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. - prig (n.)
A thief; a filcher.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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prig
prig, n. a pert fellow who gives himself airs of superior wisdom.—adj. Prig′gish, conceited and affected.—adv. Prig′gishly.—ns. Prig′gishness, Prig′gism. [From prick, to adorn.] -
prig
prig, n. a thief.—v.t. (slang) to filch.—v.i. (Scot.) to plead hard, haggle: to cheapen.—ns. Prig′ger; Prig′gery.—adj. Prig′gish.—n. Prig′gism. [Prob. the same as prick, to spur.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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prig
A thief, a cheat: also a conceited coxcomical fellow.
