piggin

Example Sentences

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Got old Peter to make me a piggin for fresh water in my chamber; as they always carry everything on their heads, a pail is no advantage.

From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware

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

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