Meanings
nounproggins (plural proggins)
- UKdateduniversity slangproctor
And the Proggins! Isn't his velvet sleeves like a woman's?
1907, Arthur Stringer, The Loom of Destiny, page 1421 more example
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.
1992, Malcolm Graham, Images of Victorian Oxford, page 80
Origin
Diminutive of prog.
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