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单词 swine herding
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swine herdingn.

Brit. /ˈswʌɪn həːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈswaɪn ˌhərdɪŋ/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swine n., herding n. at herd v.1 Derivatives, swineherd n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < swine n. + herding n. at herd v.1 Derivatives, and partly < swineherd n. + -ing suffix1.
The action or work of keeping or tending pigs.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun]
swine herding1851
swineherdship1863
sybotism1876
1851 Southern Planter Sept. 282/1 Dr. Frank Carr suggested that swine-herding might be a sufficient substitute for our present system of fencing.
1887 A. B. Dodd Cathedral Days (1888) xii. 290 Afflicted Bladud, for all he was a great king's heir, could find no nobler occupation, cursed as he was, than swine-herding.
1900 M. Nicholson Hoosiers iii. 75 The young gentlemen..were occupied out of school hours in wood-chopping and swine-herding.
1958 Life 6 Oct. 49/2 Scottish-born Service..toiled at everything from swineherding to bank-clerking before he knocked out his ballads.
2002 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Final ed.) c12 Not bad for a jobless university grad who had to turn to grape picking, swine herding, tax collecting, alcohol researching and even punk musician to keep the wolves from the door.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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