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Webster 1913 Edition


Pigwidgeon

Pig′widˊgeon

,
Noun.
[Written also
pigwidgin
and
pigwiggen
.]
A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pigwidgeon

PIGWID'GEON

,
Noun.
[pig and widgeon.] A fairy; a cant word for any thing very small.

Definition 2024


pigwidgeon

pigwidgeon

English

Noun

pigwidgeon (plural pigwidgeons)

  1. (rare) A small or petty person, creature or object, especially a fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.
  2. (rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.
    • 1627, Michael Drayton, Nimphidia, the Court of Faery
      PIGWIGGIN was this Faery Knight, One wondrous gracious in the sight Of fair Queene Mab ...