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pigg en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɪɡ/

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from pig (“swine”), due to the shape. Compare also Middle English pig (“a container for wine; the hide of a pig used as a wineskin”), from pigge (“pig”). More at pig.

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) A piggin (“an earthenware vessel, jar, crock”).
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