"priggery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: priggeries [plural]
Etymology: From prig + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prig|ery}} prig + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} priggery (countable and uncountable, plural priggeries)
  1. (dated) Thievery or roguery. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-priggery-en-noun-y2tKdJA4
  2. Priggishness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-priggery-en-noun-tfBJs1sh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: priggism

Inflected forms

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