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
Etymology
Origin of piggin
First recorded in 1545–55; perhaps akin to pig 2
Example Sentences
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"A say if ever a piggin was in sore need o' a new link, 'tis that one," saith she.
From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Rives, Amélie
Got old Peter to make me a piggin for fresh water in my chamber; as they always carry everything on their heads, a pail is no advantage.
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware
A hoppergrass, one sunny day, Turning hand-springs amid the hay, O'erleaped himself, and fell into A piggin of good apple brew.
From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various
One of the Shaker women had sent a loaf of bread and a piggin half full of Shaker apple sauce to us.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
"And I," said another, "am indebted to the thief o' hell for the loss of as good a cow as ever filled a piggin."
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
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