PRINCUM PRANCUM. Mrs. Princum Prancum; a nice, precise, formal madam.
PRINKING. Dressing over nicely: prinked up as if he came out of a bandbox, or fit to sit upon a cupboard's head.
PRINT. All in print, quite neat or exact, set, screwed up.
Quite in print; set in a formal manner.
PRISCIAN. To break Priscian's head; to write or speak false grammar. Priscian was a famous grammarian, who flourished at Constantinople in the year 525; and who was so devoted to his favourite study, that to speak false Latin in his company, was as disagreeable to him as to break his head.
PRITTLE PRATTLE. Insignificant talk: generally applied to women and children.
PROG. Provision. Rum prog; choice provision. To prog; to be on the hunt for provision: called in the military term to forage.
PROPS. Crutches.
PROPERTY. To make a property of any one; to make him a conveniency, tool, or cat's paw; to use him as one's own.
PROUD. Desirous of copulation. A proud bitch; a bitch
at heat, or desirous of a dog.
PROVENDER. He from whom any money is taken on the
highway: perhaps provider, or provider. CANT.