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Prog

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Food (connected with prod, and perhaps prov[ender]). Burke says, “You are the lion, and I have been endeavouring to prog [procure food] for you.”

“So saying, with a smile she left the rogue

To weave more lines of death, and plan for prog.”


Dr. Wolcot: Spider and Fly.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Proclaim on the Housetop
Proclivity
Procris
Procrustes Bed
Procrustean
Prodigal
Prodigy
Profane
Profile
Profound (The)
Prog
Progne or Prokne
Progress
Projection
Proletaire
Proletariat
Prometheus
Promethean
Promethean Fire
Promethean Unguent (The)
Prometheans