Pigful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Enough to fill a pig (earthenware pot or jar). Scotland

    "After that she made one pigful of ranker poison; but the pot was broken by the way, and it was again all spilled."

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"After that she made one pigful of ranker poison; but the pot was broken by the way, and it was again all spilled."

Etymology

pig + -ful

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