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Piggin

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Pig´gin

n.

1.

A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, - often used as a dipper.

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I told him the dingey was nearly swamped, and he reached me a piggin.

The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context

Partly to show the indispensableness of this act, it may here be stated, that, in the old Dutch fishery, a mop was used to dash the running line with water; in many other ships, a wooden piggin, or bailer, is set apart for that purpose.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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