piggin
Example Sentences
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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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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 Mary Noailles Murfree
"A say if ever a piggin was in sore need o' a new link, 'tis that one," saith she.
From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Amélie Rives
The quiver of her face showed that she was losing her self-control, and turning away, she took the cedar piggin, and went out to milk Brindle for the last time.
From St. Elmo by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
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 George W. Cable
