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proggins

proggins noun: proctor.

Noun

proggins (plural proggins)

  1. (UK, dated, university slang) proctor
    • And the Proggins! Isn't his velvet sleeves like a woman's?1907, Arthur Stringer, The Loom of Destiny, page 142
    • I got hold of his arm to take him to college, steering him with some difficulty. When we were opposite St. Mary's the cry of 'The proggins (proctor) is coming' was raised, and I saw him with the bulldogs about thirty yards in front of us.1992, Malcolm Graham, Images of Victorian Oxford, page 80

Forms of proggins

pluralproggins

Origin of proggins

Diminutive of prog.

Questions about proggins

What does proggins mean?
Proggins means proctor.
What part of speech is proggins?
Proggins is a noun.
What is the plural of proggins?
The plural of proggins is proggins.

Words near proggins in the dictionary

  1. proggie
  2. proggier
  3. proggies
  4. proggiest
  5. progging
  6. proggins
  7. proggy
  8. proghead
  9. progheads
  10. proghrelin
  11. proghrelins

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