piggin

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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

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)

Bless yer soul, D'rindy, they hed a hole ez big ez that thar piggin, afore I thunk ennything 'bout'n it.

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles

On a low shelf stood a great piggin of water, a fat yellow drinking gourd sticking out of it.

From Sally of Missouri by Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)

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