piggin

Example Sentences

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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)

Yu kant larn a piggin tew fli slo, nor a snail tew trot fast.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

Don't spec' you ebber did see a piggin.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

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)

"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)