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Pigging

//ˈpɪɡɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Damned (used as a mild intensive).

    "I can't get this pigging computer to work."

Noun
  1. 1
    The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.

    "The main reason for the high efficiencies obtained over previous piggings can be attributed to the vented swabs with the check valve."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of piggin. alt-of, alternative

    "He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pig form-of, gerund, participle, present

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