proggins

English

Etymology

Diminutive of prog.

Noun

proggins (plural proggins)

1. (UK, university slang, dated) proctor
   • 1907, Arthur Stringer, The Loom of Destiny, page 142:

     And the Proggins! Isn't his velvet sleeves like a woman's?

   • 1992, Malcolm Graham, Images of Victorian Oxford, page 80:

     I got hold of his arm to take him to college, steering him with some difficulty. When we were opposite St. Mary's the cry of 'The proggins (proctor) is coming' was raised, and I saw him with the bulldogs about thirty yards in front of us.

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• gropings