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Puggled vs Piggled - What's the difference?

puggled | piggled |

As verbs the difference between puggled and piggled

is that puggled is (puggle) while piggled is (piggle).

puggled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (puggle)
  • Anagrams

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    puggle

    English

    (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)
  • (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, 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.
  • (Australia) To clean drains.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, Australia) A baby monotreme (echidna or platypus).
  • * 2003 , Stephen Jackson, Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management , unnumbered page,
  • Larger furred/spined puggles can be held in a wooden box with shredded paper.
  • * 1970 , Robert Burton, The International Wildlife Encyclopedia , Volume 1, page 2488,
  • The puggle , which grows rapidly, remains in the pouch until its spines are sufficiently developed that the mother must eject it.
  • * 2012 , Joseph Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology , 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)
  • (US) A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a pug and beagle.
  • * 2007' May, Vicki Constantine Croke, ''The Problem With '''Puggles'' , '' , 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.
  • * 2009 , Eve Adamson, Beagles , 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.
  • * 2009 , , Volume 34, Issues 1-6, 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

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (piggle)

  • piggle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A long-handled fork for mixing or digging.
  • * 1859 , Murray's Handbook for Devon and Cornwall page 244:
  • 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)
  • To dig or uproot; to scrape.
  • * 1841 , Charles Hooton, Colin Clink page 140:
  • I took my revenge on th' round-house, for I piggled all th' plaster off o' the walls that I could...
  • To toy with or fiddle.
  • * 1876 , Alfred Dawson, English Landscape Art, in its Position and Prospects page 16:
  • 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.
  • * 1922 , D.H. Lawrence, The Fox page 48:
  • Banford, at the other end of the table, said not a word, but piggled with the sardine on her plate.
  • To cause to worry, to make uncomfortable; niggle.
  • * 1899 , David Belasco, "Naughty Anthony":
  • BUDD. Get up yourself, and shut up, too! You have piggled me enough, you old smooty-snoot!
  • To worry about minor points.
  • * 1836 , Joanna Baillee, "The Alienated Manor: A Comedy":
  • But of what value is all that piggling , niggling, — you call the little thing piggling, niggling?

    See also

    * higgledy-piggledy