Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A darling.
- noun An eye.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pig's eye: used, like
eye and apple of the eye, to denote something especially cherished; hence, as a term of endearment used of or to a woman, a darling. - noun An eye: applied to a woman's eye.
- noun The carnation pink.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A word of endearment for a girl or woman.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English piggesnye : pigges, genitive of pigge, pig; see pig + nye (from an eye, an eye; see eye).]
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