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priggery

priggery noun: thievery or roguery.

Noun

priggery (countable and uncountable, plural priggeries)

  1. (dated) Thievery or roguery.
  2. Priggishness.

Synonyms of priggery

Forms of priggery

pluralpriggeries

Origin of priggery

From prig + -ery.

Questions about priggery

What does priggery mean?
Priggery means thievery or roguery.
What part of speech is priggery?
Priggery is a noun.
What is the plural of priggery?
The plural of priggery is priggeries.

Words near priggery in the dictionary

  1. Prigge
  2. prigged
  3. prigger
  4. priggeries
  5. priggers
  6. priggery
  7. Prigges
  8. priggess
  9. priggesses
  10. prigging
  11. priggings

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