Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Piggin

Piggin , noun

[Scot.; compare Gael. pigean, dim. of pigeadh, pige, an earthen jar, pitcher, or pot, Ir. pigin, pighead, Welsh piccyn.]

A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.