Hogling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A young, immature, or diminutive hog.

    "The depositions give no evidence of Easter hoglings, nor of visits outside the parish, though both may have occurred."

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"The depositions give no evidence of Easter hoglings, nor of visits outside the parish, though both may have occurred."

Etymology

From Middle English *hogling, hoggelin, hoglin, hogelyn, equivalent to hog + -ling.

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