pigsney
\ PIGZ-nee \, noun;
1.Obsolete . a darling.
2.Obsolete . an eye.
Quotes:
Why didst thou not take me away before her, seeing for me to live, without her, is but to languish? Ah! Badebec, Badebec, my minion, my dear heart, my pigsney , my duck, my honey, my little coney…
-- François Rabelais, "The Works of Francis Rabelais ," translated by Thomas Urquhart, 1653
As I believe, the pigsney of his heart, / Know he's in health, and what's more, full of glee...
-- Philip Massinger, "The Picture ," 1630
Origin:
Pigsney comes from the Middle English term piggesnye meaning literally "pig's eye." The term entered English in the mid-1300s.
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