prigging
prigging is the present participle and gerund 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
Noun
prigging (plural priggings)
- stolen goods
- The minister of state and I alike for booty ax,
Only I confess its priggings, v'ile he calls his swag a tax.1837, “The Fate of Percy”, in The Knickerbacker, Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 9, page 453 - Vhy^([sic]), if I an't changed the coats without taking the priggings out ov my pocket, and have let him valk off vith all the plunder […]1847, “The Golden Farmer”, in The Minor Drama: A Collection of the Most Popular Spring Comedies, Vaudevilles, Burlettas, Travesties, Etc, volume 1
- Synonyms:
- booty
- The minister of state and I alike for booty ax,
Synonyms of prigging
Forms of prigging
| plural | priggings |
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