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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Piggy-wiggy

or Piggy-whidden. A word of endearment; a pet pig, which, being the smallest of the litter, is called by the diminutive Piggy, the wiggy being merely alliterative.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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