- a variation of big.
bigg
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bigg
1400–50; late Middle English big, bigge < Old Norse bygg barley, cognate with Old English bēow
Example Sentences
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He learned that the dodo would eat these stones – "some as bigg as nutmegs" – as an aid to digestion.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2013
And she's gar'd bigg a new ship, 10 Wi' vanes o' flaming goud, Wi' mony a knight and mariner, Sae stark in need bestow'd.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
There are fishes as bigg as children of 2 years old.
From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Pierre Esprit Radisson
"The craw doesna bigg his nest wi' yae strae!"
From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
But this iz solemly the last pair ov tite boots i will ever wear; i will hereafter wear boots az bigg az mi feet, if i have to go barefoot to do it.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
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