piglingn.
/ˈpɪɡlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ A piglet.
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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
1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. ii. 127 The sucking pigge is more moist, and your piglins are worst of all.
1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 212 Then every Piglin she commends, And likens them to all their swinish Friends.
1833 F. B. Head Bubbles from Brunnen (1834) 96 Tiny, light-hearted, brisk, petulant piglings.
1887 A. Jessopp Arcady vii. 218 She tends the poultry,..she looks after the piglings [etc.].
1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Aug. 546/3 Piglings which find their way across country to their old home.
1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. 13 Dieticians discussed at length the diets of both pig-mother and piglings.
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piglinghood1885
1885 A. Stewart 'Twixt Ben Nevis & Glencoe 153 The stye which from early piglinghood had been its home.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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