Definition of Pigsny

1. Noun. (obsolete) An Elizabethan term of endearment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pigsny

1. pigsney [n PIGSNIES] - See also: pigsney

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigsny

pigs' knuckles
pigs can fly
pigs in a blanket
pigs in a poke
pigs in blankets
pigs in the parlour
pigs might fly
pigs out
pigskin
pigskins
pigsney
pigsneys
pigsnie
pigsnies
pigsny (current term)
pigstick
pigsticked
pigsticker
pigstickers
pigsticking
pigsticks
pigsties
pigsty
pigswill
pigswills
pigtail
pigtail catheter
pigtailed
pigtails

Literary usage of Pigsny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1847)
"To myne owne dere coney, birde, sweete heart, and pigsny, Good Mistresse Custance, present these by and by. How now ? doth not this superscription agree ? ..."

2. The Minor Elizabethan Drama by Ashley Horace Thorndike (1913)
"Look you on your own fist, and I will look on this, And let this man be judge whether I read amiss. " To mine own dear coney bird, sweetheart, and pigsny. ..."

3. Representative English Comedies: With Introductory Essays and Notes, an by Charles Mills Gayley, Alwin Thaler (1903)
"To mine owne deare coney birde, swete heart, and pigsny Good Mistresse Custance present these by and by, Of this superscription do ye blame the stile ? ..."

4. Shakspere and His Forerunners: Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its by Sidney Lanier, Henry Wysham Lanier (1908)
"To mine owne deare coney birde, swete heart, and pigsny Good Mistress Custance present these by and by : Of this superscription do you blame the stile ? ..."

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