What does in a pig's whisper mean?

in a pig's whisper

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

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"‘Never mind,’ said the stranger, cutting the address very short, ‘said enough—no more; smart chap that cabman—handled his fives well; but if I’d been your friend in the green jemmy—damn me—punch his head,—‘cod I would,—pig’s whisper—pieman too,—no gammon.’"
"[T]hey were all asleep in a pig's whisper."

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