pigling

[ pig-ling ]

noun

1. a young or small pig; piglet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pigling¹

First recorded in 1705–15; pig ¹ + -ling ¹

Example Sentences

Diana’s signed childhood copy of Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Pigling Bland” could sell for more than $2,000.

From Washington Times

I note, en passant, that Wodehouse, an essentially Edwardian writer, must have been familiar with the Beatrix Potter story for children, "The Tale of Pigling Bland".

From The Guardian

When we last saw them a man had been hired to carry home the pigling, whose lamentations still rent the air.

From Project Gutenberg

She looked upon him as something quite fresh, and very peculiar, but she acted as every one else did, and neither ran away from him, nor fainted, because he said that he would be d----d, pickled, boiled, and roasted if, when she danced, she were not like a young, lively, whinnying Arabian mare, or like a flock of birds in the woods in spring-time; her arms and her neck were just like a dainty, warm, little Turkish pigling, one o' them with a pink skin.

From Project Gutenberg

When Ms. Neal could not understand a Beatrix Potter book she was reading to her son, her husband told her not to mind because “The Tale of Pigling Bland” was “Potter’s toughest book.”

From New York Times