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The privet.

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  1. n. The privet.
  2. a. Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.
  3. v. t. To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
  4. v. i. To dress or act smartly.
  5. adj. affectedly dainty or refined
  6. adj. exaggeratedly proper
  7. v. assume a prim appearance
  8. v. contract one's lips
  9. v. dress primly
  10. The privet. Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person. Swift. To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink. To dress or act smartly. [R.]
  11. j:100 v. assume a prim appearance v. contract one's lips v. dress primly