/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · 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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