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Definition of Pigsnie
1. pigsney [n -S] - See also: pigsney
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigsnie
Literary usage of Pigsnie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century by John Ashton (1882)
"O sweet pigsnie, have at thee another.—But I defy thee, swine's flesh, said the
wench.—What, my sweet old pigsnie be content, for if you live till next year ..."
2. The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons; Or, Fools and Their Follies by William Alexander Clouston (1888)
"His mother did warn him beforehand, saying, " When thou dost look upon her, cast
a sheep's-eye, and say, ' How do ye, sweet pigsnie ? ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"The player foules deare darting pigsnie. 1594. ... pigsnie is put up, and . . .
I'le let him take the aire. 1621. BURTON, Ana!. Metan, ni., Ü. 4, x. ..."
4. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1895)
"pigsnie, in the vulgar language, only means Ocellus, the eyes of that creature
being remarkably small. Congreve, in his Old Batchelor, makes Fondle-wife ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"pigsnie, *. A diminutive of pig; H burlesque term of endearment, as in this
English hexameter : AH. ... Miso, mine own pigsnie, thou shall have ne? ..."
6. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"The final syllable in pigsnie appears to be from the Gaelic ... beautiful, fair,
pretty ; whence pigsnie is synonymous with the French, une belle petite, ..."
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