prig

pɹɪɡ

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#1·2h ago

(UK, Irish, archaic, thieves) A tinker.

A rap now at the door made all resound, / And in two bouncing blowings did rebound, / With two flash-men, a dandy, and a prig', / With whom they had been running of the rig.

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#2·2h ago

A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.

What spruce prig is that?

Origin: UK 16th century. Of origin. Earlier noun senses ("tinker" and "thief"), as hyponyms of "undesirable person", may have informed later senses ("conceited person"). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·2h ago

(archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.

I have always had a regard for dunces; — those of my own school-days were amongst the pleasantest of the fellows, and have turned out by no means the dullest in life; whereas many a youth who could turn off Latin hexameters by the yard, …

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