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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Prig \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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Prig \Prig\, n.
     1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
  
              The queer prig of a doctor.           --Macaulay.
  
     2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  prig
       n : a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob, snot]
       [also: prigging, prigged]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prig
     Scots vb.
     To haggle or argue over price.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  prig
     n.
     1 A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an
  exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly
  arrogant or smug manner.
     2 (lb en archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
     3 (lb en British archaic thieves) A tinker.
     4 (lb en British archaic thieves) A petty thief or pickpocket.
     vb.
     1 (lb en slang dated) To filch or steal.
     2 To ride.
     3 To copulate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  prig
     n.
     1 A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an
  exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly
  arrogant or smug manner.
     2 (lb en archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
     3 (lb en British archaic thieves) A tinker.
     4 (lb en British archaic thieves) A petty thief or pickpocket.
     vb.
     1 (lb en slang dated) To filch or steal.
     2 To ride.
     3 To copulate.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  prig
     n.
     1 A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an
  exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly
  arrogant or smug manner.
     2 (lb en archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
     3 (lb en British archaic thieves) A tinker.
     4 (lb en British archaic thieves) A petty thief or pickpocket.
     vb.
     1 (lb en slang dated) To filch or steal.
     2 To ride.
     3 To copulate.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prig
     Englanti n.
     tiukkapipo, hurskastelija, tuomitseva, moraalisesti
  ylemmyydentuntoinen henkilö

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Prig /pɹˈɪɡ/
  المتصلف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  prig //pɹɪɡ// 
  1. педант
  a person showing exaggerated conformity
  2. джебчия
  a petty thief

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/ 
  puritán

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/ 
  ješita

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/ 
  pedant

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/
  Moralist , Moralprediger , Tugendbold , Tugendwächter  [psych.]
   see: prigs
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/ 
  1. दम्भी
        "Now a days so many prigs entered into politics."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/
  cjepidlaka, formalista, krasti, lopov

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/
  1. smokk
  2. beképzelt ember
  3. szenteskedô ember
  4. öntelt ember

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  prig /prɪg/ 
    zarozumialec

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/
  1. biçimci ve tutucu ukalâ. priggish  ukalâ. priggishly  titizlikle. priggishness  kibirlilik.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  prig /pɹˈɪɡ/
  1. (-ged, -ging)  (İng.), (argo) çalmak, aşırmak, yürütmek
  2. hırsız.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɹɪɡ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "prig":
     Brahmin, Grundy, Victorian, bluenose, clout, conformist, cop,
     egghead, elitist, filch, filcher, formalist, genteel, goody-goody,
     heist, highbrow, larcener, larcenist, mandarin, mid-Victorian, nab,
     name-dropper, nick, old maid, pedant, pilfer, pilferer, precisian,
     precisionist, priggish, prissy, prude, prudish, purist, puritan,
     puritanical, purloiner, snob, stealer, stick-in-the-mud,
     straitlaced, stuffed shirt, stuffy, thieve, tufthunter
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.自以为比别人更有道德的人

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 一本正经的人

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