pingle

pingle

noun.
1.  a small tin pan or saucepan with a long handle.
2.  a small piece of inclosed (fenced or surrounded on all sides) ground.

verb. 
1.  to strive or struggle; to toil without much progress.
2.  to dawdle or trifle with one's food; to eat with little appetite.

Etymology:  The word seems to originate from Swedish pyngla, to toil with little