Example Sentences

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Of posthumous agency in thus picking the pockets of the prigging race, George Barrington's memory must be acquitted.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John

Next minute there was me, my very arms prigging wi’ him to think better o’t, and him standing ready to loup, his knees bent, and not a tremble in them.

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

There! that's for you brats; just a little taste to give you a relish for prigging; it's a thing you'll take to more kindly if it's made agreeable to you.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

A walking morte is one unmarried: a doxe, a dell, and a kynchin morte, are all females; and a kynchen co is a young boy not thoroughly instructed in the art of canting and prigging.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

All the boys and girls around, Who go out prigging rags and phials, Know Jemmy Catsnatch!!! well, Who lives in a back slum in the Dials.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles