ˈpiggy-ˈwiggy
Also piggy-wig.
A childish riming extension of piggy, little pig; also applied playfully to a child.
| 1862 C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret i. (ed. 2) 15 There's plenty for piggy-wiggy. 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. i. iv, ‘Well, Piggywiggies’, said R. W., ‘how de do to-night.’ 1870 Lear Nonsense Songs, The Owl and the Pussy-cat ii, And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood, With a ring at the end of his nose. 1879 [see pitty2]. 1929 E. Bowen Last Sept. vi. 62 Your scrumptious Irish teas make a perfect piggy-wig of me. 1957 [see nursery word s.v. nursery 8 a]. |