pig lead

noun

unrefined lead, cast in blocks called pigs

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Meanings

nounpig lead (uncountable)
  1. uncountableunrefined lead, cast in blocks called pigs

    Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke-stack, Butting through the Channel in the mad March days, With a cargo of Tyne coal, Road-rails, pig-lead, Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.

    1902, John Masefield, Cargoes
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APA

pig lead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pig%20lead

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“pig lead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pig%20lead. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pig lead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pig%20lead.

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