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pigling|ˈpɪglɪŋ|
In 8 piglin.
[f. as prec. + -ling1.]
A little or young pig; a sucking-pig.
1713C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 212 Then every Piglin she commends, And likens them to all their swinish Friends. 1833Sir F. B. Head Bubbles of Brunnen (1834) 96 Tiny, light-hearted, brisk, petulant piglings. 1887Jessopp Arcady vii. 218 She tends the poultry,..she looks after the piglings [etc.].
Hence ˈpiglinghood, the condition of a pigling.
1885A. Stewart Twixt Ben Nevis & Glencoe 153 The stye which from early piglinghood had been its home. |