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
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 Joel Chandler Harris
I told him the dingey was nearly swamped, and he reached me a piggin.
From The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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
Yu kant larn a piggin tew fli slo, nor a snail tew trot fast.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
