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primp

[primp]
verb (used with object)
1.
to dress or adorn with care.
verb (used without object)
2.
to groom oneself carefully: The photographer waited while we primped.

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to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

Origin:
1795–1805; akin to prim1


1,2. preen, prettify, prink.

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primp (prɪmp)
 
vb
to dress (oneself), esp in fine clothes; prink
 
[C19: probably from prim]

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primp
1801, probably an extension of prim (q.v.); cf. Scot. primpit (c.1739) "delicate, nice."
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