Bible Dictionaries
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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prig'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prig.html. 1828.