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Definition of Prim up
1. Verb. Dress primly.
Exact synonyms: Prim, Prim Out
Generic synonyms: Apparel, Clothe, Dress, Enclothe, Fit Out, Garb, Garment, Habilitate, Raiment, Tog
Generic synonyms: Apparel, Clothe, Dress, Enclothe, Fit Out, Garb, Garment, Habilitate, Raiment, Tog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prim Up
Literary usage of Prim up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Legacy of Historical Gleanings by Catharina Van Rensselaer Bonney (1875)
"If the weather will permit, let Michael clip the hedges of prim up from both
gates and in front of the house ; those bushes of prim along the garden, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"We prim up our mouths, with the reflection, that this apparently good fun is "
a valuable illustration of an important fact." We should shake hands with ..."
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