pigsney

[ pigz-nee ]

/ ˈpɪgz ni /

noun Obsolete.

a darling.

an eye.

Words nearby pigsney

pigpen, pigs, pigs in blankets, pigs' feet, pigskin, pigsney, pigstick, pigsticker, pigsticking, pigsty, pigswill

Origin of pigsney

1350–1400; Middle English piggesnye, earlier piggesneyge, equivalent to pigges pig's (see pig¹, 's¹) + n- (probably extracted from an, indefinite article) + -ye, eyge eye

Examples from the Web for pigsney

See also pigsney in Todd's Johnson, where one quotation has the form pigs eie.
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