prigs
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From the times of Elizabeth, Chesterton moves on to the age of the Puritans, those rather dull people who have always been the byword for those who are more popularly known as Prigs.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Braybrooke, Patrick
Prigs generally are: and besides now I come to think of it, Laura did look faintly amused when I asked her.
From Nightfall by Pryde, Anthony
The people who maintain this are the Professors, or Prigs.
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
To the lodgers, their apartments, This abandingd female goes, Prigs their shirts and umberellas; Prigs their boots, and hats, and clothes.
From Ballads by Thackeray, William Makepeace
The Prigs who despise the people are often loaded with lands and crowned.
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
