pigsney

[ pigz-nee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Obsolete.

a darling.
an eye.

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Word History and Origins

1350–1400; Middle English piggesnye, earlier piggesneyge, equivalent to pigges pig's ( pig ¹, 's ¹ ) + n- (probably extracted from an, indefinite article) + -ye, eyge eye

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Example Sentences

See also pigsney in Todd's Johnson, where one quotation has the form pigs eie.

From Project Gutenberg

It was, perhaps, a term of endearment, like the obsolete English Pigsney.

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