tithe pign.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪð pɪɡ/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪð ˌpɪɡ/

Forms: see tithe n.² and pig n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tithe n.², pig n.¹

Etymology: < tithe n.² + pig n.¹

Now historical.

A pig due or paid as tithe.Sometimes with the implication that such a pig is undersized; cf. quot. 1907.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > paid as tithe

tithe pig1555

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > consisting of produce, stock, or animals

tenth sheaf1387

predial1530

predial tithe1530

whitage1537

tithe pig1555

garb tithea1640

flax-tithe1692

1555 W. Turner New Bk. Spirituall Physik f. 50^v Wyth muche shame, they come wyth tythe pygges by theyr tayles, wyth tythe egges, and tythe hemp and flaxe.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 79 Sometime comes she with a tithe pigs taile, Tickling a Parsons nose that lies a sleepe.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 254 Where ev'ry Village is a See As well as Rome, and must maintain A Tithe-Pig-Metropolitan.

1701 Fable of Cuckoo 35 Let but the Tythe-Pig, or the Goose be wanting.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. xi. iv. 198 Then the Rector, In sleek surcingle with good tithe-pig stuff'd.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iv. 93 The parsons..have lost their tithe-pigs.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. vi. 137 The spiritual person who still took his tithe-pig or his modus.

1907 Country Life 24 Aug. 254/2 The very fact that ‘tithe pig’ has come to mean an extremely small and almost worthless animal, shows that a game of wit went on between the receiver and the payer of tithes.

2014 Irish Independent (Nexis) 25 Apr. 12 The ‘tithe pig’..was raised for the purposes of handing it over to the local rector.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tithe pig
释义	tithe pign. Brit. /ˈtʌɪð pɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈtaɪð ˌpɪɡ/ Forms: see tithe n.² and pig n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tithe n.², pig n.¹ Etymology: < tithe n.² + pig n.¹ Now historical. A pig due or paid as tithe.Sometimes with the implication that such a pig is undersized; cf. quot. 1907. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > paid as tithe tithe pig1555 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > consisting of produce, stock, or animals tenth sheaf1387 predial1530 predial tithe1530 whitage1537 tithe pig1555 garb tithea1640 flax-tithe1692 1555 W. Turner New Bk. Spirituall Physik f. 50^v Wyth muche shame, they come wyth tythe pygges by theyr tayles, wyth tythe egges, and tythe hemp and flaxe. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 79 Sometime comes she with a tithe pigs taile, Tickling a Parsons nose that lies a sleepe. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 254 Where ev'ry Village is a See As well as Rome, and must maintain A Tithe-Pig-Metropolitan. 1701 Fable of Cuckoo 35 Let but the Tythe-Pig, or the Goose be wanting. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. xi. iv. 198 Then the Rector, In sleek surcingle with good tithe-pig stuff'd. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iv. 93 The parsons..have lost their tithe-pigs. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. vi. 137 The spiritual person who still took his tithe-pig or his modus. 1907 Country Life 24 Aug. 254/2 The very fact that ‘tithe pig’ has come to mean an extremely small and almost worthless animal, shows that a game of wit went on between the receiver and the payer of tithes. 2014 Irish Independent (Nexis) 25 Apr. 12 The ‘tithe pig’..was raised for the purposes of handing it over to the local rector. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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