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 Pigg.Pightel or Pigh’tle. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Piggy-wiggy or Piggy-whidden.
 
A word of endearment; a pet pig, which, being the smallest of the litter, is called by the diminutive Piggy, the wiggy being merely alliterative.   1
 


 Pigg.Pightel or Pigh’tle. 

 
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