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Meanings of prig in English

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A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.

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Usage of prig in English
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I think it was in the White Rabbit: a very fine-looking prig.
Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03
2
He became a prig in the less harmful and more offensive sense.
A Book of Scoundrels
3
Owen Fitzgerald had called him a prig; but Herbert was no prig.
Castle Richmond
4
He was not a prig, though rather exclusive; not ungenial, though retiring.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
5
Is a prig less a prig in one hat than in another?
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
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The city, this prig might realize, was surely full of easier prey.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
7
Unconsciously to become a prig is an easy and a fatal thing.
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
8
He felt that he had behaved like a prig and a fool.
Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond
9
Without me he'd be just a clever prig; he couldn't help it.
Winding Paths
10
Ever so superior, I guess, and a good bit of a prig.
Mary Wollaston
11
Mr. Charrington is an old dear, but he is rather a prig.
Herb of Grace
12
For Edward, at that date, had much the aspect of a prig.
The Good Soldier
13
Like every young man of exceptional promise, he was called a prig.
Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
14
Estelle, though old for her age, could not be called a prig.
The Spinners
15
For no man can endure being thought a prig, even by himself.
The Guests Of Hercules
16
It's worse than ever: here's a little prig worrying about his soul.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
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