piggin

Example Sentences

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"And I," said another, "am indebted to the thief o' hell for the loss of as good a cow as ever filled a piggin."

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

"I suppose you have forgotten me," King said, as he put his valise on a wash-bench by a tub of suds and a piggin of lye-soap.

From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)

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.

She held the piggin with one arm encircled about it, and with the other hand she clutched the plaid shawl around her throat.

From The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles

I heard the bows ground in the sand, staved the dingey off the rudder of the big boat with my piggin, and freeing the painter, landed.

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