Definitions for pigskin

pigskin pig·skin

Spelling: [pig-skin]
IPA: /ˈpɪgˌskɪn/

Pigskin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in pigskin (giiknps).

Definitions for pigskin

noun

  1. the skin of a pig.
  2. leather made from it.
  3. Informal. a saddle.
  4. Informal. a football.

Origin of pigskin

First recorded in 1850-55; pig1 + skin

Examples for pigskin

Ten minutes of play found the pigskin near the center of the field.

Not even a pigskin document case or an overcoat with bulgy pockets.

Roberts was out of position and the pigskin was intercepted by the Claflin quarter.

With the pigskin on Claflin's thirteen-yard line a score seemed certain.

The seats of good saddles are generally of pigskin, and the flaps of cow-hide.

He got the pigskin and skinned down the field like a blue streak, and—but, ahem!

The idea was to get the “pigskin” into the opposing village by any means possible.

In the sports world, she is a “ pigskin princess,” who loves Eli Manning and enjoys the chicken fingers at Giants Stadium.

The old record-book, bound in pigskin, reposed on the rector's shelves.

Time after time he took the pigskin and landed it for a gain.

Word Value for pigskin
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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