Puggled vs Piggled - What's the difference?
puggled | piggled |
(puggle)
(en) (UK, regional) To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about.
To poke around a hole with a stick.
* 1919 , James Francis Hobart, Millwrighting , McGraw-Hill,
(Australia) To clean drains.
(chiefly, Australia) A baby monotreme (echidna or platypus).
* 2003 , Stephen Jackson, Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management ,
* 1970 , Robert Burton, The International Wildlife Encyclopedia , Volume 1,
* 2012 , Joseph Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology ,
(US) A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a pug and beagle.
* 2007' May, Vicki Constantine Croke, ''The Problem With '''Puggles'' , '' ,
* 2009 , Eve Adamson, Beagles ,
* 2009 , , Volume 34, Issues 1-6,
(piggle)
(rare) A long-handled fork for mixing or digging.
* 1859 , Murray's Handbook for Devon and Cornwall page 244:
To dig or uproot; to scrape.
* 1841 , Charles Hooton, Colin Clink page 140:
To toy with or fiddle.
* 1876 , Alfred Dawson, English Landscape Art, in its Position and Prospects page 16:
* 1922 , D.H. Lawrence, The Fox page 48:
To cause to worry, to make uncomfortable; niggle.
* 1899 , David Belasco, "Naughty Anthony":
To worry about minor points.
* 1836 , Joanna Baillee, "The Alienated Manor: A Comedy":
As verbs the difference between puggled and piggled
is that puggled is (puggle) while piggled is (piggle).puggled
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*puggle
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(wikipedia puggle)Etymology 1
The noun echidna'' sense is derived from the verb: English settlers in Australia would ''puggle''''' to get rabbits out of holes and sometimes find an echidna.'''2000 November 11, ''Science Show: Echidnas], [[w:Radio National, Radio National]
(en)
Verb
(en-verb)page 222,
- He puggled around in the oil cavity with his little lead pencil until it slipped out of his fingers and went down into the oil cavity.
Noun
(en noun)unnumbered page,
- Larger furred/spined puggles can be held in a wooden box with shredded paper.
page 2488,
- The puggle , which grows rapidly, remains in the pouch until its spines are sufficiently developed that the mother must eject it.
page 498,
- Hatching takes 10 days; the young echidna, called a puggle', then sucks milk from the pores of two milk patches and remains in the pouch for 45 to 55 days, at which time the spines develop. The mother digs a nursery burrow and deposits the ' puggle , returning every 5 days to suckle it until it is weaned at 7 months.
Etymology 2
puggle.org
Noun
(en noun)page 208,
- Jake Gyllenhaal and Sylvester Stallone are among the puggle lovers, but so are a slew of regular people who want in on the tawny, fawny, puppy-faced action and will pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for the pleasure.
page 12,
- Puggle proponents say these dogs have the very best qualities of both Beagles and Pugs: the Beagle?s cheerful friendliness, and the Pug?s lower activity level and laid-back attitude.
page 67,
- The menagerie for sale at this auction included two black puggles with hernias, a French bulldog with one ear, a 3-month old Yorkshire terrier with only one testicle and a badly bow-legged bulldog.
References
piggled
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(head)piggle
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Noun
(en noun)- A heap of it is then placed upon an inclined platform, under a small fall of water, and repeatedly stirred with a piggle and shovel...
Verb
(en-verb)- I took my revenge on th' round-house, for I piggled all th' plaster off o' the walls that I could...
- Then all nature was presently converted into an object for microscopic study, so that everything, whether near or far, must be piggled at and made clear to the utmost limit of human power.
- Banford, at the other end of the table, said not a word, but piggled with the sardine on her plate.
- BUDD. Get up yourself, and shut up, too! You have piggled me enough, you old smooty-snoot!
- But of what value is all that piggling , niggling, — you call the little thing piggling, niggling?