1. To cheapen. [Scot.]
2. Etym: [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.]
Defn: To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]
PRIG
Prig, n.
1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.
2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] Shak.
PRIGGERY
Prig"ger*y, n.
Defn: Priggism.
PRIGGISH
Prig"gish, a.
Defn: Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.
— Prig"gish*ly, adv.
— Prig"gish-ness, n.