单词 | hog call |
释义 | > as lemmashog call hog call n. North American a loud, shrill call of a type traditionally used to attract domestic hogs. ΚΠ 1832 Liberator (Boston) 28 Jan. 14/1 A corn song, or a hog call, has often been a subject of nervous terror. 1886 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Express 14 Aug. 1/4 Handkerchiefs waved, and cries of ‘Wohee’, in imitation of a farmer's hog call filled the building. 1959 W. S. Burroughs Naked Lunch 80 A.J., surrounded and fighting against overwhelming odds, throws back his head and makes with the hog-call. 2004 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 16 Aug. 19 [He] won the competition after his hog call brought out his daughter, dressed like a hog, and later, a string of plastic hogs. < as lemmas |
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