grumphien.
/ˈɡrʌm(p)fi/, U.S. /ˈɡrəm(p)fi/, Scottish English /ˈɡrʌmfɪ/ Chiefly Scottish.
A quasi-proper name for the pig.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun]
swineOE
hogOE
grice?c1225
pig?a1425
pork?a1425
grunterc1440
gussie15..
grunting-cheat1567
snorter1601
sow's-baby1699
grumphie1786
piggy-wig1870
turf-hog1880
troughster1892
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 160 She trotted thro' them a'; An' wha was it but Grumphie?
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 212 Wi' his mouth fu' o' strae, He to his den will gae; Grumphie is a prophet, wat weather we will hae.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xviii. 319 A black hand..protruded every now and then, to give grumphy..a good crack over the skull.
1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 230 If he find grumphy so lazy, that nothing but a stroke will raise him.
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