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ALL meanings of prig

prig
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  • noun prig Chiefly British. a thief. 1
  • verb with object prig Chiefly British. to steal. 1
  • verb without object prig Scot. and North England. to haggle or argue over price. 1
  • verb without object prig British Informal. to beg or entreat; ask a favor. 1
  • noun prig prude or snob 1
  • countable noun prig If you call someone a prig, you disapprove of them because they behave in a very moral way and disapprove of other people's behaviour as though they are superior. 0
  • noun prig a person who is smugly self-righteous and narrow-minded 0
  • noun prig a person who is annoyingly smug in his or her moral behavior, attitudes, etc. 0
  • noun prig a person who is annoyingly fastidious about rules, small details, etc. 0
  • verb transitive prig to steal 0
  • intransitive verb prig to haggle 0
  • noun prig a thief or pickpocket 0
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