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spriggier

Variant of sprig

noun

    1. a little twig or spray
    2. a design or ornament like this
  1. a small, headless brad
  2. a young fellow; stripling
  3. a person as the offspring or scion of a family, institution, class, etc.: used humorously

transitive verb sprigged, sprigging

  1. to remove sprigs from (a bush, tree, etc.)
  2. to decorate with a design of sprigs
  3. to fasten with small, headless brads

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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