pig

  • 51pig — I Australian Slang 1. person or animal of piggish character or habit, especially one who eats too much, or eats messily; 2. someone who does not share things out evenly; hog; 3. (derogatory and offensive) police officer; 4. (Rugby Union) forward; …

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  • 52pig — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hog, sow, boar, swine; piglet; glutton; sloven, slob. See animal, gluttony, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. piglet, swine, shoat; see animal 2 , hog 1 . • buy a pig in a poke*, Syn. take a chance …

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  • 53pig —    a police officer    An ancient form of abuse noted by Grose. Pigfeet is less common but no less offensive:     ... they d tell the pig feet if they came asking around. (Lyall, 1982) …

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  • 54pig iron n — pig n …

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  • 55pig n — She was only the Steelworker s daughter, but you should see that pig iron …

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  • 56pig it — informal crowd together with others in disorderly or dirty conditions. → pig …

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  • 57pig — noun 1) a herd of pigs Syn: hog, boar, sow, porker, swine, piglet; children s word piggy 2) informal he s such a pig, he ll eat us out of house and home Syn: glutton; informal hog, greedy guts …

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  • 58pig — Noun. 1. A policeman/woman. Derog. Early 1800s 2. A glutton, a greedy person. 3. A slob, an unpleasantly dirty person. 4. A difficult or unpleasant situation or task. E.g. Cleaning all the windows is a pig of a job …

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  • 59pig — n 1. hog, sow, boar, razorback; peccary, wart hog, babirusa; porker, grunter, oinker, tusker; swine, barrow; shoat, shote, piglet, pigling, piggy, suckling pig, hogling. 2. pork, pork chops, ham, bacon, pigs feet, pigs knuckles. 3.Informal.a.… …

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  • 60pig — voras statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Daugiašakė frakcinio distiliavimo junglė. atitikmenys: angl. cow receiver; pig; rotary fraction collector rus. паук …

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