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Parish prig

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prignounA deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
parishernoun(uncommon, chiefly Scotland, other dialects and non-native speakers' English) A parishioner.
patriconoun(slang, obsolete, thieves' cant) A gypsies' or beggars' hedge priest.
hedge parsonnoun(Christianity, historical) A poor and generally illiterate parson.
rooknoun(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
preachmannoun(obsolete, derogatory) A preacher.
priggernoun(obsolete, slang) A thief.
pleasemannoun(obsolete) An officious fellow; a pickthank.
priestlingnoun(derogatory) A petty, insignificant priest.
badge-covenoun(Polari) An old person; a senior citizen.
prat diggernoun(slang) A pickpocket.
princocknoun(now rare, dialectal, sometimes attributive) An insolent or cheeky young man.
pickernounAgent noun of pick; one who picks.
palliardnoun(archaic) A beggar or vagrant, especially a professional one; (earlier especially) a lecher.
pandournounOne of a class of Croatian skirmishers serving in the Austrian army.
pilchernoun(obsolete) One who wears a pilch.
white chokernoun(thieves' cant, obsolete) A clergyman.
parson trullibernoun(UK, obsolete, slang) A rude, vulgar country clergyman, devoted to agricultural pursuits.
plingernoun(obsolete, slang) A professional beggar.
operatornounA person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc.

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