Thesaurus: prig

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1. v. i. To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
2. v. t. To cheapen.
3. v. t. To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
4. n. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
5. n. A thief; a filcher.
6. n. a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
7. To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 1. To cheapen. [Scot.] 2. Etym: [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.] To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant] 1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay. 2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] Shak.
8. To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
9. n:100 n a person regarded as arrogant and annoying