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 Pigs.Pigtails (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pigskin (A).
 
A gentleman’s saddle, made of pigskin. “To throw a leg across a pigskin” is to mount a horse.   1
 


 Pigs.Pigtails (The). 

 
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