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▪ I. porky, n.2 orig. and chiefly Brit.
Brit. |ˈpɔːki|, U.S. |ˈpɔrki|
[Short for porky pie n. at porky adj. Special uses.]
A lie. Usu. in pl.
1985J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 4th Ser. Episode 2. 217 Rodney. You don't believe all them stories do you? Del. What? Do you reckon they're porkies? 1992Folk Roots Sept. 54/1 It's the same defensive posture taken by people who start sentences with the words, ‘to be honest with you’; instant confirmation that they are about to tell a whopping great porky. 2001Mirror (Electronic ed.) 21 Mar. Scientists found that more blood is pumped into our nasal tissues when we tell porkies—causing them to expand.
▪ II. porky, a. colloq.|ˈpɔəkɪ|
[f. pork1 + -y.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling pork; fleshy, obese.
1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour li, Mr. Sponge was a good deal more put out by the incident..than his porky host. 1866Mrs. J. H. Riddell Race for Wealth xxix, A fat, light-haired, snub-nosed, porky kind of a child. 1890Cent. Dict. s.v., A porky odor permeated the whole place.
▸ porky pie n.as alteration of pork pie n. Brit. a lie.
1985Guardian 13 Feb. 22/4 Some of the men as well as the women, ‘tell little *porky pies about their age’. 1987Times 16 Feb. 12/1 That Friday morning Profumo uttered the porky pie that cost him his career. 1997Sunday Post (Glasgow) 4 May 29/3 The General Election campaign has seen a dramatic increase in the number of half-truths, porkie pies and double talk in recent weeks.
▪ III. porky, n.|ˈpɔəkɪ|
Also porcy.
Abbrev. of porcupine n.
1902W. D. Hulbert Forest Neighbors 146 We found the Porky asleep in the sunshine. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. May 290/2 An encounter in which ‘Porcy’ had the best of it. 1936D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xxvii. 235 A pair of shoes left carelessly outside a tent forms a tasty meal for a prowling Porky. 1956W. R. Bird Off-Trail in Nova Scotia x. 267 They heard the familiar complainings of a ‘porky’ on the move. |