(archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
(chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
(chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
(computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
(dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
(figurative) A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
(figurative) Assistance; help or encouragement.
(figurative) Control, power or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
(film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
(slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
A handle or other place to grip.
A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
Archaic spelling of grippe: Influenza; the flu.
verb
(dialectal) To trench; to drain.
(transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
(transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
(transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
prig
prig
noun
(Britain, archaic, thieves' cant) A petty thief or pickpocket.
(Britain, archaic, thieves' cant) A tinker.
(archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
