Piggy a character in the book
Lord of the Flies by William
Golding, about a group of boys who are on a small island and cannot escape. Piggy is fat and wears glasses, and the other boys treat him cruelly, and finally kill him.
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
I. pig‧gy1 /ˈpɪɡi/
noun (
plural piggies)
[countable]1. a pig – used by children or when you are talking to children
2. piggy in the middle British English a) informal someone who is involved in an argument between two opposing sides, but does not know who they should support:
What have I got myself into? I’m piggy in the middle between Guido and Silvia! b) a game in which two people throw a ball backwards and forwards between them, while a third person in the middle tries to catch it
Synonym : keep-away American English [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲