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riggs

riggs is the plural of rigg.

Meaning of rigg

Noun

rigg (plural riggs)

  1. A strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").
    • ... vpon springe tydes, or after great riggs of the sea, at which tyme the sea will cast the same in more aboundance together into great heapes.1892 [1603?], George Owen, The Description of Penbrokshire, page 74

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Proper noun capitalized: Riggs

Riggs

  1. A surname.

Words formed from riggs

Questions about riggs

What does riggs mean?
Riggs means a surname.
What is riggs the plural of?
Riggs is the plural of rigg.
What part of speech is riggs?
Riggs is a proper noun.

Words near riggs in the dictionary

  1. Rigglemans
  2. riggles
  3. riggling
  4. riggot
  5. riggots
  6. riggs
  7. Riggs Creek
  8. Riggs' disease
  9. Riggsbee
  10. Riggsbees
  11. Righale

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