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Prig
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
(2):
(n.) A thief; a filcher.
(3):
(n.) A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
(4):
(v. t.) To cheapen.
(5):
(v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prig'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/prig.html. 1828.