piggin
Example Sentences
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"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
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)
A hoppergrass, one sunny day, Turning hand-springs amid the hay, O'erleaped himself, and fell into A piggin of good apple brew.
From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various
"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)
I told him the dingey was nearly swamped, and he reached me a piggin.
From The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
