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单词 pork-porking
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pork-porkingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pork pork , -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < pork pork, imitative of the call of a raven + -ing suffix2. Compare later pork int., porking n.1
Obsolete. rare.
Designating the call or pork (pork int.) of the raven.
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pork-porking1606
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 89 From the Mountains nigh The Rav'ns begin with their pork-porking cry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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