piggy-wign.
/ˈpɪɡɪwɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡiˌwɪɡ/ Chiefly nursery and humorous.
= piggy-wiggy n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun]
swineOE
hogOE
grice?c1225
pig?a1425
pork?a1425
grunterc1440
gussie15..
grunting-cheat1567
snorter1601
sow's-baby1699
grumphie1786
piggy-wig1870
turf-hog1880
troughster1892
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young
farrowa700
grice?c1225
piga1250
hogling1377
porketa1555
porkling1561
porkin1570
swine shoat1581
hog-babe1610
hoglet1611
pigling1612
piggy1625
gruntling1686
porkrel1694
piggy-wiggy1766
griceling1782
boneen1827
slip1832
piglet1839
slip-pig1844
squeaker1861
piggy-wig1870
snork1891
snorker1891
1870 E. Lear Owl & Pussy-cat in Our Young Folks Feb. 112 And there in a wood, a piggy-wig stood, With a ring at the end of his nose.
1929 E. Bowen Last September vi. 62 Your scrumptious Irish teas make a perfect piggy-wig of me.
2001 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 9 June r36 You need a pig that can grovel, a pig with a superior snout, a piggy-wig with class.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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