prig
Speech parts
1. prig - Noun
2. prig - Verb
Meaning
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.
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A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.
Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.
It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.
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.
The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.