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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Prig

/prĭg/ · IPA /pɹɪɡ/
01 v. i. To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging
  1. 1.
    To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
02 v. t. To cheapen.
  1. 1.
    To cheapen.[Scot.]
  2. 2.
    To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.[Cant]
03 n. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
  1. 1.
    A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
    “The queer prig of a doctor.” — Macaulay.
  2. 2.
    A thief; a filcher.[Cant]