piggin

Example Sentences

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On a low shelf stood a great piggin of water, a fat yellow drinking gourd sticking out of it.

From Sally of Missouri by Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)

She had hung the little wooden piggin under the drip of the spring and it was full and running over.

From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.

Don't spec' you ebber did see a piggin.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

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 Harris, Joel Chandler

I told him the dingey was nearly swamped, and he reached me a piggin.

From The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)