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单词 proggins
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progginsn.

Brit. /ˈprɒɡɪnz/, U.S. /ˈprɑɡɪnz/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: proctor n.1, muggins n., juggins n.
Etymology: Apparently < pro- (in proctor n.1) + -ggins (in muggins n. or juggins n.). Compare later prog n.3
Oxford University and Cambridge University slang.
= proctor n.1 5a.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > proctor
proctorc1447
pro1784
dogwhipper1789
proggins1888
prog1900
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 May 11/2 He plays pool and is caught by the Proggins (that is, Proctor) in billiard-room after hours.
1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 39 (Cambridge) His conversation is..about..the Dean or the ‘Proggins’.
1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xii. 255 The Proggins was just coming..round the corner of Broad Street.
1945 G. B. Grundy 55 Years at Oxf. iv. 55 He did not care a — for all the — proggins in the kingdom.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

progginsv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: proggins n.
Etymology: < proggins n. Compare earlier proctorize v.
Oxford University and Cambridge University slang. Obsolete. rare.
transitive. = proctorize v. 1.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (transitive)] > disciplinary measures
sconce1617
proctorize1833
gate1835
proggins1892
prog1901
campus1928
1892 Granta 13 Feb. 196/1 [Proctor] What do you mean by this, Sir? You have been following me about for the last ten minutes... [Freshman] Oh—er—I only wanted to see you proggins some one!
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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