A Scots measure of capacity using 'pig' in its older Scots sense of an earthenware crock or pot (not the animal). A pigful was whatever a standard glazed pottery vessel could hold — used informally for liquids like milk, ale, or porridge.
She sent her daughter to the dairy with a jug and came back with a pigful of fresh buttermilk.
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(Scotland) Enough to fill a pig .
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