# pigg

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɪɡ/

## Definitions
1. A piggin (“an earthenware vessel, jar, crock”).

## Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from pig (“swine”), due to the shape. Compare also Middle English pig (“a container for wine; the hide of a pig used as a wineskin”), from pigge (“pig”). More at pig.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pigg