piggès

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Etymology

From Middle English pigge, from Old English *picga.

Pronunciation

Noun

piggès

  1. pigs
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:
      Mee piggès, mee geearthès, nor nodhing threeve,
      My pigs, my goats, nor nothing thrive,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 104