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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prog \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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prog \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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