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单词 to drive pigs
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to drive pigs (to market)
P12. colloquial. to drive pigs (to market): to snore.
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snortc1386
snorec1440
snork?1537
snotter1710
snortle1807
blurta1825
to drive pigs (to market)1828
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘To drive pigs’, to snore.
1858 Times 27 Aug. 7/6 The only sound heard being that of such of the sleepers as ‘drive their pigs to market’ o' nights.
1903 S. Hedin Central Asia II. 318 The sleeping men..went on driving their pigs to market for all they were worth.
1998 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 28 Nov. c1 Pig references abound in our culture. For example: To drive pigs—to snore.
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