Prog (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Progged (?). p. pr. & vb. n.
Progging.] [Cf. D. prachen, G. prachern, Dan.
prakke, Sw. pracka, to beg, L. procare,
procari, to ask, demand, and E. prowl.]
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, n. 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.]