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)
- To filch or steal.
- to prig a handkerchief
- Synonyms:
- cozen, mill, purloin, steal, abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bash and grab
- To ride.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- sleep with, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with
Questions about prigged
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- Prigged is the simple past and past participle of prig.
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