prigging
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prigging
- present participle and gerund of prig
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prigging (plural priggings)
- (obsolete, slang) stolen goods
- 1837, “The Fate of Percy”, in The Knickerbacker, Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 9, page 453:
- The minister of state and I alike for booty ax,
Only I confess its priggings, v'ile he calls his swag a tax.
- 1847, “The Golden Farmer”, in The Minor Drama: A Collection of the Most Popular Spring Comedies, Vaudevilles, Burlettas, Travesties, Etc, volume 1:
- Vhy[sic], if I an't changed the coats without taking the priggings out ov my pocket, and have let him valk off vith all the plunder […]
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- See Thesaurus:booty