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
Example Sentences
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Go, every petticoat of you, and every child large enough to tote a piggin.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
At thought of him and of this, Jeff Poindexter, reperched on his wabbly piggin, wove his furrowed brow into a closer and more intricate pattern of cordial dislike.
From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
When I gave it to Flora to fill, she said, "him name Harriet"—whether intended as a compliment to me or to the piggin I could not understand.
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware
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 Murfree, Mary Noailles
Picking up a cedar piggin, she stepped from the porch toward the meek voice that had answered her.
From A Cumberland Vendetta by Fox, John
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