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pigful

pigful noun: enough to fill a pig (earthenware pot or jar).

Noun

pigful

  1. (Scotland) Enough to fill a pig (earthenware pot or jar).
    • After that she made one pigful of ranker poison; but the pot was broken by the way, and it was again all spilled.1862, The St. James's Magazine, volume 3, page 303
    • John returning home with a pigful of buttermilk, saw two bulls fighting, and in the attempt to help the one, got knocked by the other, besides having his legs broken and the milk spilled.1873, The humorous chap-books of Scotland, John Fraser, page 259

Origin of pigful

pig + -ful

Questions about pigful

What does pigful mean?
Pigful means enough to fill a pig (earthenware pot or jar).
What part of speech is pigful?
Pigful is a noun.

Words near pigful in the dictionary

  1. Pigfords
  2. pigfuck
  3. pigfucker
  4. pigfuckers
  5. pigfucking
  6. pigful
  7. pigg
  8. Piggabeen
  9. piggal
  10. piggals
  11. Piggate

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