单词 | alligator hog |
释义 | > as lemmasalligator hog 3. North American colloquial. A rough, lean hog. Also attributive as alligator hog, alligator pig. Cf. razorback n. 1c. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1841 Cultivator Sept. 152/1 I am anxious that he [sc. the farmer] should soon get rid of his..alligators at such prices as will enable him to buy a better breed. 1852 New Eng. Cultivator Feb. 38/1 At the head of this article, you have a portrait of the old style ‘alligator-hog’,..a tall, gaunt, long, coarse-haired beast. 1880 Rep. Commissioners (Ontario Agric. Commission) 336 (caption) The racer or alligator pig. 2001 J. W. Dohner Encycl. Hist. & Endangered Livestock & Poultry Breeds 171/2 The common sandy, brown, or black pig was a rangy, tough, and self-sufficient hog known by many nicknames: razorback,..prairie racer, alligator hog,..woodshog, and many more. < as lemmas |
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