piggin

Example Sentences

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He brought them water to the fence in a piggin, and with a wavering hand served it out in a gourd.

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.

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)

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)

Every bowl, tray, warming-pan, and piggin has gone to the mines.

From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles

Very coolly the lad caught it from her, broke it in two, threw it away, and picking up a piggin went out without a word to milk, leaving her aghast and outdone.

From The Heart of the Hills by Fox, John