bigging

[ big-in ]

nounScot. and North England.
  1. a building, especially one's home.

Origin of bigging

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First recorded in 1200–50, bigging is from the Middle English word biging.See big2, -ing1

Words Nearby bigging

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How to use bigging in a sentence

  • He has mair sense than to ca' anything about the bigging his ain, frae the rooftree down to a crackit trencher on the bink.

    The Antiquary, Complete | Sir Walter Scott
  • The long words are delivered without the slightest bungling; and 'bigging' finished to its last g.

  • The long words are delivered without the slightest bungling; and "bigging" finished to its last g.

  • Hanged or drowned, here or awa, dead or alive, I mind the bigging o't.

    The Antiquary, Complete | Sir Walter Scott
  • So some one must be bigging it, or folks would all sing very small.

    Master Skylark | John Bennett