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prossing

prossing is the present participle and gerund of pross.

Meaning of pross

Verb

pross (third-person singular simple present prosses, present participle prossing, simple past and past participle prossed)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.
    • He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […]
      Now and again in the dingy, dreary desert of "prossing" one finds an oasis of humour wherein the weary lender may obtain some solace for his ills.1896, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume 14, page 231

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Questions about prossing

What is prossing the present participle and gerund of?
Prossing is the present participle and gerund of pross.

Words near prossing in the dictionary

  1. prosser
  2. prossers
  3. prosses
  4. prossie
  5. prossies
  6. prossing
  7. prossy
  8. Prost
  9. prostacyclin
  10. prostacycline
  11. prostacyclines

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