💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Parish prig"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| prignoun | A 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. |
| pickernoun | Agent noun of pick; one who picks. |
| palliardnoun | (archaic) A beggar or vagrant, especially a professional one; (earlier especially) a lecher. |
| pandournoun | One 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. |
| operatornoun | A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc. |
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