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prigging en · NOUN
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(obsolete, slang) stolen goods
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 […]
1847, “The Golden Farmer”, in The Minor Drama: A Collection of the Most Popular Spring Comedies, Vaudevilles, Burlettas, Travesties, Etc, volume 1:The minister of state and I alike for booty ax,
Only I confess its priggings, v'ile he calls his swag a tax.
1837, “The Fate of Percy”, in The Knickerbacker, Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 9, page 453:
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booty
prigging en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of prig