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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pig(g)er, n. [Pig n.2] A maker or seller of ‘pigs’ or jars. = pigmaker or pigman, s.v. Pig n.2, comb. —1608–9 Misc. Spald. C. V. 84.
To ane puir boy and pigger that haid his houss brunt 1662 Stirling Commissariat Rec. MS.
Pollock James pigger in Throsk 1678 Soc. Ant. IX. 107.
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