Lexicographical Neighbors of Priggings
Literary usage of Priggings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"Might was right, and all the terrors, which had held the world in awe, Were
despised, and priggings prospered, spite of Laurie, spite of law. ..."
2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"... ambitious, and not too honest, to amass from their savings, their " vails,"
their perquisites, and their " priggings," as much as will elevate them into ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"The minister of state and I alike for booty ax, Only I confess its priggings,
v'ile he calls his swag a tax. Your mistress is a robber, though she robs you ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"... o' them and von of us — a minister and me 1 The minister of state and I alike
for booty ax, Only I confess its priggings, v'ile he calls his swag a tax. ..."
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