pig's eyen.
/ˈpɪɡzʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌzaɪ/ (in sense 1 also)Brit. /ˈpɪɡzi/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡzi/ 1. = pigsney n. 1a. Now rare (English regional).
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the world > people > person > woman > [noun]
wifeeOE
womaneOE
womanOE
queanOE
brideOE
viragoc1000
to wifeOE
burdc1225
ladyc1225
carlinec1375
stotc1386
marec1387
pigsneyc1390
fellowa1393
piecec1400
femalea1425
goddessa1450
fairc1450
womankindc1450
fellowessa1500
femininea1513
tega1529
sister?1532
minikinc1540
wyec1540
placket1547
pig's eye1553
hen?1555
ware1558
pussy?a1560
jade1560
feme1566
gentlewoman1567
mort1567
pinnacea1568
jug1569
rowen1575
tarleather1575
mumps1576
skirt1578
piga1586
rib?1590
puppy1592
smock1592
maness1594
sloy1596
Madonna1602
moll1604
periwinkle1604
Partlet1607
rib of man1609
womanship?1609
modicum1611
Gypsy1612
petticoata1616
runniona1616
birda1627
lucky1629
she-man1640
her1646
lost rib1647
uptails1671
cow1696
tittup1696
cummer17..
wife1702
she-woman1703
person1704
molly1706
fusby1707
goody1708
riding hood1718
birdie1720
faggot1722
piece of goods1727
woman body1771
she-male1776
biddy1785
bitch1785
covess1789
gin1790
pintail1792
buer1807
femme1814
bibi1816
Judy1819
a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823
wifie1823
craft1829
shickster?1834
heifer1835
mot1837
tit1837
Sitt1838
strap1842
hay-bag1851
bint1855
popsy1855
tart1864
woman's woman1868
to deliver the goods1870
chapess1871
Dona1874
girl1878
ladykind1878
mivvy1881
dudess1883
dudette1883
dudine1883
tid1888
totty1890
tootsy1895
floozy1899
dame1902
jane1906
Tom1906
frail1908
bit of stuff1909
quim1909
babe1911
broad1914
muff1914
manhole1916
number1919
rossie1922
bit1923
man's woman1928
scupper1935
split1935
rye mort1936
totsy1938
leg1939
skinny1941
Richard1950
potato1957
scow1960
wimmin1975
womyn1975
womxn1991
1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration K j b How doth my sweteheart, what saith now pigges eye?
1869 J. P. Morris Gloss. Words & Phrases Furness 71 Pigsy, a term of endearment, as ‘Thow lile pigsy’.
1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey Herts. Heritage 121 Pigsie, a term of affection towards girl children.
2. Chiefly in plural. A small eye; = pig-eye n.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > by size, shape, etc.
pinkany?1578
pig's eye1658
pigsney1664
ox-eye1688
pig-eye1714
sparkler1746
gooseberry-eye1789
eyelet1799
gooseberry-orb1803
pop-eye1828
swine eye1836
pink-eye1897
bug-eyes1905
1658 R. Flecknoe Enigmaticall Characters 42 She have the spirit in her of twenty school-mistresses, looking with her Pigs-eyes so narrowly to her charge.
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xvi. 67 Rowling her pretty Piggs-eyes to and fro in her head.
1729 Gen. Hist. Turks, Moguls, & Tatars II. xi. 601 They are short and strong set, they have the Complexion swarthy, Pigs-eyes, not much open but very sparkling.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. iv. 82 With a sleek pale face, small pig's eyes, and an enormous turban.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxx. 128 A Chinaman, with his yellow skin and flat nose, and his little pig's eyes!
1998 G. Shriver tr. N. Bukharin How it all Began ii. 26 The priest..short and chubby, with a prematurely gray, divided beard, little pig's eyes, and little braids that swung next to his cheeks.
3. in a pig's eye: see pig n.1 Phrases 13.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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