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
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Aunt Nancy, expecting this, had used up in cooking all that had been brought: consequently her daughter had to take the piggin and go to the spring after a fresh supply.
From Stories Of Georgia by Joel Chandler Harris
"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 William Carleton
Bless yer soul, D'rindy, they hed a hole ez big ez that thar piggin, afore I thunk ennything 'bout'n it.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
Once she ran squirrel-like out on the bole of a great tree leaning to its fall over the cliff, hung her piggin on a broken limb, and told him he must go after it.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
"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 Amélie Rives
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