pigsny

English

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Noun

pigsny (plural pigsnies)

  1. (obsolete) An Elizabethan term of endearment.
    • c1540: Nicholas Udall, Ralph Roister Doister
      To mine own dear coney bird, sweetheart and pigsny

References

  • The Minor Elizabethan Drama, Pre-Shakespearean Comedies, Everyman's Library, 1910

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