piggin
Americannoun
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Dialect. a small wooden pail or tub with a handle formed by continuing one of the staves above the rim.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of piggin
First recorded in 1545–55; perhaps akin to pig 2
Example Sentences
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But the deadline to lodge a further appeal against the ruling lapsed at midnight on Wednesday and without further challenge the BBC is now allowed to publish further details about Michael Piggin's plot.
From BBC
Crouch and Towell then ended up on Piggin's hit list after they tried to talk him out of the school attack.
From BBC
Michael Piggin was detained indefinitely in 2014 after he was found with a weapons stash and detailed plans to attack Burleigh College.
From BBC
Piggin had faced two trials for terrorism-related offences but in both cases the jury failed to reach a verdict.
From BBC
Both trials heard how Piggin compiled a hit list which included classmates and teachers at his former school, Burleigh College, since renamed Charnwood College.
From BBC
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