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  1. 1. v. i. To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To cheapen. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A thief; a filcher. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a person regarded as arrogant and annoying Source: wordnet
  7. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Source: adambom
  9. 9. n:100 n a person regarded as arrogant and annoying Source: ecdict

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