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- noun Plural form of
pigsny .
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Examples
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The fellow went to the butcher's and bought seven or eight sheep's eyes; and when this lusty wooer did sit at dinner, he would cast in her face a sheep's eye, saying, "How dost thou, my pretty pigsnie?"
The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies William Alexander Clouston 1869
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His mother did warn him beforehand, saying, "When thou dost look upon her, cast a sheep's-eye, and say, 'How do ye, sweet pigsnie?'"
The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies William Alexander Clouston 1869
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