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prigging


Meanings
  • The act of hunting for or dealing in sturgeons, a large, anadromous fish, especially for their roe or caviar.

    - "He made his fortune prigging for sturgeons in the Atlantic Ocean."
    - "Despite the risks and challenges involved in prigging for sturgeons, many fishermen continue to do so for the valuable roe and caviar that these fish produce."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with prigging
prigging , rigging , bigging , digging
Variants
List of all variants of prigging that leads to same result
price , priced , pricer , pricers , prices , pricing , pre-price , pre-priced , pre-prices , pre-pricing , preprice , prepriced , preprices , prepricing
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'prigging' is believed to have originated from the Old English word 'pricgan', which means 'to hunt, to seek, to search for'. Over time, the term 'prigging' came to specifically refer to the hunting and dealing in sturgeons for their valuable roe or caviar.


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