prog Meaning, Definition & Usage

Prog intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. D. prachen, G. prachern, Dan. prakke, Sw. pracka, to beg, L. procare, procari, to ask, demand, and E. prowl.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Progged present participle & verbal noun Progging
Definitions
  1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. Low
    A perfect artist in progging for money. Fuller.
    I have been endeavoring to prog for you. Burke.
  2. To steal; to rob; to filch. Low Johnson.
  3. To prick; to goad; to progue. Scot.
Prog noun
Definitions
  1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. Slang Swift.
    So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.
  2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. Slang
  3. A goal; progue. Scot.

Webster 1913