1. (v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.

2. (v. t.) To cheapen.

3. (v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.

4. (n.) A pert, conceited, pragmatic fellow.

5. (n.) A thief; a filcher.

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