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pig lead

[ led ]

noun

  1. lead molded in pigs.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pig lead1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences

Ze men no mek ze talk 'bout feefty tousand dollaire, no mek ze talk 'bout honly pig lead, heh?

Twelve ounces of soft pig lead must be used at each joint for each inch in the diameter of the pipe.

While his diving-bell boat was building, a barge loaded with pig-lead sank in the rapids at Keokuk, 212 miles from Saint Louis.

I observed heavy stacks of pig lead piled up about the warehouses.

The purport of such works is the conversion of pig-lead into white-lead.

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