piggin (English, noun)
expansion: piggin (plural piggins)
Senses:
glosses: A small pail, can, or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.
tags: dialectal
Forms:
form: piggins
tags: plural