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priggings

priggings is the plural of prigging.

Meaning of prigging

Noun

prigging (plural priggings)

  1. (obsolete, slang) 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
    Synonyms:
    booty

Questions about priggings

What is priggings the plural of?
Priggings is the plural of prigging.

Words near priggings in the dictionary

  1. priggery
  2. Prigges
  3. priggess
  4. priggesses
  5. prigging
  6. priggings
  7. Priggione
  8. priggish
  9. priggishly
  10. priggishness
  11. priggishnesses

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