Porklet
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A young pig, especially one that is to be raised to produce pork.
"The herd of swine, at that time, more especially set them a longing, from a circumstance of which God has been graciously pleased that we should be particularly informed; and that that they were no sucking pigs, nor mere porklets, or tigerigtigs; but they were a herd of swine feeding, that is, put up to fatten, and all but ready for the butcher."
Example
More examples"The herd of swine, at that time, more especially set them a longing, from a circumstance of which God has been graciously pleased that we should be particularly informed; and that that they were no sucking pigs, nor mere porklets, or tigerigtigs; but they were a herd of swine feeding, that is, put up to fatten, and all but ready for the butcher."
Etymology
From pork + -let.
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