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prigged

prigged is the simple past and past participle of prig.

Meaning of prig

Verb

prig (third-person singular simple present prigs, present participle prigging, simple past and past participle prigged)

  1. (archaic, slang) To filch or steal.
    • to prig a handkerchief
  2. To ride.
  3. (obsolete) To copulate.
    • Wapping thou I know does love, / Else the ruffin cly the mort; / From thy stampers then remove, / Thy drawers, and let's prig in sport.1707, “The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 34

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Questions about prigged

What is prigged the simple past and past participle of?
Prigged is the simple past and past participle of prig.

Words near prigged in the dictionary

  1. prifuroline
  2. prig
  3. prigdom
  4. Prigg
  5. Prigge
  6. prigged
  7. prigger
  8. priggeries
  9. priggers
  10. priggery
  11. Prigges

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