piggy-stickn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡɪstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡiˌstɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piggy n.¹, stick n.¹

Etymology: < piggy n.¹ + stick n.¹

rare.

1. Military slang. The wooden handle of a soldier's entrenching tool.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > entrenching tools

banjo1918

trench-plough1918

piggy-stick1930

1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 149 Piggy-stick, the wooden helve for the entrenching tool which the infantryman carried next his bayonet... From a child's game, tip-cat.

2. English regional (northern). = piggy n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] > equipment

trippetc1440

cat1598

tipcat1676

piggy1862

piggy-stick1968

1968 P. Jennings Living Village 179 The game which we knew in Coventry as tip-cap..was called in Yorkshire Knur and spel, in Cumberland piggy-stick.

2002 LifeTimes Link July–Dec. 15/1 The men used to make their own piggy sticks out of broken coupling poles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piggy-stick
释义	piggy-stickn. Brit. /ˈpɪɡɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡiˌstɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piggy n.¹, stick n.¹ Etymology: < piggy n.¹ + stick n.¹ rare. 1. Military slang. The wooden handle of a soldier's entrenching tool. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > entrenching tools banjo1918 trench-plough1918 piggy-stick1930 1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 149 Piggy-stick, the wooden helve for the entrenching tool which the infantryman carried next his bayonet... From a child's game, tip-cat. 2. English regional (northern). = piggy n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] > equipment trippetc1440 cat1598 tipcat1676 piggy1862 piggy-stick1968 1968 P. Jennings Living Village 179 The game which we knew in Coventry as tip-cap..was called in Yorkshire Knur and spel, in Cumberland piggy-stick. 2002 LifeTimes Link July–Dec. 15/1 The men used to make their own piggy sticks out of broken coupling poles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1930
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