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 Mary Noailles Murfree
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 Elizabeth Ware Pearson
"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
Every bowl, tray, warming-pan, and piggin has gone to the mines.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by John Charles Frémont
