piglet
[pig-lit]
noun
a little pig.
Origin of piglet
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Related Words for piglet
hog, swine, boar, piglet, school, brood, family, progeny, young, puppies, sow, porker, shoat, piggy, razorback, warthog, porkyExamples from the Web for piglet
Contemporary Examples of piglet
Sharp always wanted to be an actor: his first role, aged 7, was as Piglet in Winnie-The-Pooh.
Historical Examples of piglet
Hearing this, Dorothy and the Wizard exchanged startled glances, for they remembered how often Eureka had longed to eat a piglet.
Dorothy and the Wizard in OzL. Frank Baum
Yet her disgrace and death would not bring back the piglet, but only serve to make Dorothy unhappy.
Dorothy and the Wizard in OzL. Frank Baum
"The piglet that belonged to the Princess wore an emerald collar," said Eureka, loudly enough for all to hear.
Dorothy and the Wizard in OzL. Frank Baum
A market woman as unconcernedly dropped some of the same golden fruit within a small pen where a piglet awaited a purchaser.
The placid cow chewed calmly on hay, and Joe put the piglet down.
The Lost WagonJames Arthur Kjelgaard
piglet
noun
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