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单词 prigging law
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prigging law
prigging law n. (also prigging lay) Obsolete the practice or occupation of thieving.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > professional
prigging law1591
Cyllenian art1738
priggism1743
thief-craft1859
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A The discouery of the Prigging Law or nature of horse stealing.
1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. G2 The Prigging Law, whose grounds are the Cleanly and cunning stealing of horses.
1829 W. Maginn Noctes Ambrosianæ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 131 Prigging lay—thieving business.
1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 131 As from ken to ken I was going, Doing a bit on the prigging lay.
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