bigg

or big

[ big ]

nounScot. and North England.
  1. four-rowed barley.

Origin of bigg

1
1400–50; late Middle English big, bigge<Old Norse bygg barley, cognate with Old English bēow

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How to use bigg in a sentence

  • Notwithstanding Mrs. Biggs's prediction that she would not sleep a wink, Eloise did sleep fairly well.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • Mrs. Biggs opened her window cautiously, and thrust out her head, minus her false hair, and enveloped in a cotton nightcap.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • Eloise never had, and the pain in her ankle was so sharp that she gave little heed to what Mrs. Biggs was saying.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • Eloise was puzzled, but the sight of Mrs. Biggs tugging at her wet satchel to open it diverted her mind.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • It proved to be a grocer's boy instead of Mr. Bills, and Mrs. Biggs came back just as Howard was presenting the slippers.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes