1. prig - Noun
2. prig - Verb
To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
To cheapen.
To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
A thief; a filcher.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions. George Eliot
A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility. Jean Cocteau
Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig. N.T. Wright
It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. George Santayana
A prig is a pompous fool who has gone out for a ceremonial walk, and without knowing it has lost an important part of his attire, namely, his sense of humour. Arnold Bennett
The transition from libertine to prig was so complete. F. Scott Fitzgerald