English Dictionary

piggin

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪɡɪn/

名詞

方言

(dialect) A small pail, can or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.

日本語の意味

側面に取っ手がついた小さなバケツ、または取っ手付きの小型すくい桶として用いられる道具。 / 植民地時代には、小型樽のような形状で、一部の縁板を特に長くして取っ手部分とし、穀物の散布や豚の足洗いなどに利用された形態のもの。

She carried the piggin across the yard to water the chickens.

彼女は鶏に水をやるために、横に取っ手の付いた小さなバケツを庭の向こうまで運んだ。

意味（1）

(dialect) A small pail, can or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.

At length a little negro girl appeared, walking straight as an arrow, with a piggin full of water on her head.

piggins （ plural ）