verb (old).—To steal. For synonyms, see PRIG.
1615. GREENE, Thieves Falling Out (Harleian Miscellany, VIII., 389). Though you can foyst, nip, prig, lift, CURBE, and use the black art, yet you cannot crossbite without the helpe of a woman.
verb (old).—To steal. For synonyms, see PRIG.
1615. GREENE, Thieves Falling Out (Harleian Miscellany, VIII., 389). Though you can foyst, nip, prig, lift, CURBE, and use the black art, yet you cannot crossbite without the helpe of a woman.
