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Take a pig to bed
Jun. 5th, 2007 07:46 amThe Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Day today is interesting. I've heard the term 'pig-wife' before, but I assumed it had something to do with the farm animal. It doesn't. It comes from an alternate definition for 'pig'.
pig: (n) 1. A pot, pitcher, jar, or other vessel, usually made of earthenware; a crock; (in pl.) crockery or earthenware generally.
2. pigs and whistles fragments, pieces; odds and ends, trivial things. to go to pigs and whistles: to fall into ruin or disrepair.
3. A cinerary urn.
4. An earthenware chimney-pot.
5. Earthenware as a material; clay; (also) a potsherd or fragment of earthenware.
6. A chamber-pot.
7. An earthenware container used as a hot-water bottle; (also) a stone bed-warmer.
Apparently it's more often used in these contexts in Scotland, so if you go there and someone asks if you want to take a pig to bed, they don't mean to ask if you would like to commit bestiality. They want to know if you'd like a bed-warmer :)
pig: (n) 1. A pot, pitcher, jar, or other vessel, usually made of earthenware; a crock; (in pl.) crockery or earthenware generally.
2. pigs and whistles fragments, pieces; odds and ends, trivial things. to go to pigs and whistles: to fall into ruin or disrepair.
3. A cinerary urn.
4. An earthenware chimney-pot.
5. Earthenware as a material; clay; (also) a potsherd or fragment of earthenware.
6. A chamber-pot.
7. An earthenware container used as a hot-water bottle; (also) a stone bed-warmer.
Apparently it's more often used in these contexts in Scotland, so if you go there and someone asks if you want to take a pig to bed, they don't mean to ask if you would like to commit bestiality. They want to know if you'd like a bed-warmer :)
