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Prigged
Prig Prig, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging.] [A modification of prick.] To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Priggery
Priggery Prig"ger*y, n. Priggism.
Prigging
Prig Prig, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging.] [A modification of prick.] To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Priggish
Priggish Prig"gish, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig"gish*ly, adv. -- Prig"gish-ness, n.
Priggishly
Priggish Prig"gish, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig"gish*ly, adv. -- Prig"gish-ness, n.
Priggish-ness
Priggish Prig"gish, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig"gish*ly, adv. -- Prig"gish-ness, n.
Priggism
Priggism Prig"gism, n. 1. The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig. --Ed. Rev. 2. Roguery; thievery. [Obs.] --Fielding.
Sprigged
Sprig Sprig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprigging.] To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.
Sprigged
Sprigged Sprigged, a. Having sprigs.
Sprigging
Sprig Sprig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprigging.] To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.
Spriggy
Spriggy Sprig"gy, a. Full of sprigs or small branches.

Meaning of Prigg from wikipedia

- Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. (16 Pet.) 539 (1842), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793...
- Prigg is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: Frederick Prigg (1812–1849), English-American physician Wally Prigg (1908–1980), Australian...
- Pennsylvania to be held as a slave. Prigg was arrested and tried upon his return to the state with Margret and her family. Prigg argued in front of the Supreme...
- National Convention. He was the sole dissenter in the fugitive slave case of Prigg v. Pennsylvania and one of two justices to dissent in the landmark case...
- (1838) American Slavery As It Is (1839) United States v. The Amistad (1841) Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) Texas annexation (1845) Mexican–American War (1846–48)...
- Wally Prigg (1908–1980) was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was a lock for the Australian national rugby league team. He pla**** nineteen Tests...
- Frederick Prigg (1812–1849) was an American physician and pharmacist. He served as Secretary for the Provisional Government of Oregon, a position that...
- angry about the aid that Northerners had given to fugitive slaves after Prigg v. Pennsylvania allowed slave catchers to capture alleged runaway slaves...
- requirements regarding slavery. In 1842, the case of Prigg v. Pennsylvania concerned Edward Prigg, who had been found guilty of kidnapping a former slave...
- Bridge, 36 U.S. 402 (1837) 598. Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842) 35. H. Robert Baker, "A Better Story in Prigg v. Pennsylvania?," Journal of Supreme...