21. Kenneth, a thoroughly disagreeable prig , rejects the offer of a little " Christmas cheer ." 22. They are both gorgeous creatures, but what a vapid, closed-down pair of prigs they are. 23. Soames is a self-righteous prig , but in Lewis'nuanced performance he is also incredibly sad. 24. Another famous portrait of a prig is that of Malvolio in Shakespeare's " Twelfth Night ". 25. We're shocked that this frigid barrister is capable of feeling; he's not just an imperious prig . 26. Talbot Baines Reed has been described by the acerbic critic and saxophone player Benny Green as a hereditary prig and religious huckster. 27. See entry above-you will see that not only am I senior, but moreover, I am not a prig . 28. We smile tolerantly; we shrug expressively; we lift a sophisticated eyebrow to show we are not prigs or moralizers or hypocrites. 29. As " The Weakest Link " and " American Idol " made clear, Americans love to be bossed around by prigs with accents. 30. Wole Soyinka criticised its utopian " love optimism ", calling the novel's main character, Kamara, an " unbelievable prig ".
