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Meaning of PROG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Prog\, v. 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.]
    
  2. \Prog\, n.
    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.]
    
 
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