bigging

[ big-in ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. a building, especially one's home.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigging¹

First recorded in 1200–50, bigging is from the Middle English word biging. See big ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He has mair sense than to ca' anything about the bigging his ain, frae the rooftree down to a crackit trencher on the bink.

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The long words are delivered without the slightest bungling; and 'bigging' finished to its last g.

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The long words are delivered without the slightest bungling; and "bigging" finished to its last g.

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Hanged or drowned, here or awa, dead or alive, I mind the bigging o't.

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So some one must be bigging it, or folks would all sing very small.

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