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.]
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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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