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pigging string

American  
Also piggin' string

noun

  1. (in rodeo calf roping) a short length of rope used to bind a calf's legs after it is lassoed.

Etymology

Origin of pigging string

1925–30, apparently pig 1 + -ing 1

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The roper races against time: on horseback, he must run down and lasso a charging calf, jump off his horse, wrestle the calf on its side, loop three of its legs with a "pigging string," and finish off his handiwork with a nonslip "hooey" hitch.

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