piggin
Example Sentences
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There was a piggin on one side of her to receive the quartered fruit, and on the other a white oak splint basket, already half full of the spiral parings.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
"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 Rives, Amélie
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
Go, every petticoat of you, and every child large enough to tote a piggin.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
One of the Shaker women had sent a loaf of bread and a piggin half full of Shaker apple sauce to us.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
