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Pigsney Pigz Nee Noun Sweetheart Eye Small Middle English

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pigsney /PIGZ-nee-/
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noun
 1. A sweetheart.
2. An eye, especially a small one.

[From Middle English piggesnye (pig's eye).]

"Piers lifted his head out of his nest again and asked, 'Was Ellis in a fight again?
'Hush, pigsney,' said Rose."
Margaret Frazer; The Servant's Tale; Berkeley Publishing; 1993.

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