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Webster 1913 Edition
Prog
Prog
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Progged
. p. pr. & vb. n.
Progging
.] [Cf. D.
prachen
, G. prachern
, Dan. prakke
, Sw. pracka
, to beg, L. procare
, procari
, to ask, demand, and E. prowl
.] 1.
To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.
[Low]
A perfect artist in
progging
for money. Fuller.
I have been endeavoring to
prog
for you. Burke.
2.
To steal; to rob; to filch.
[Low]
Johnson.
3.
To prick; to goad; to progue.
[Scot.]
Prog
,Noun.
1.
Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
[Slang]
Swift.
So long as he picked from the filth his
prog
. R. Browning.
2.
A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
[Slang]
3.
A goal; progue.
[Scot.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Prog
PROG
,Verb.
I.
1.
To shift meanly for provisions; to wander about and seek provisions where they are to be found; to live by beggarly tricks. [A low word.] You are the lion; I have been endeavoring to prog for you.
PROG
,Noun.
1.
Victuals of any kind. [A low word.]PROG
,Noun.