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long pig
long pig n. Human flesh, considered as a food for cannibals.
[Translation of Fijian vuaka balavu (vuaka, pig + balavu, long), Maori poaka roa (poaka, pig + roa, long), and similar expressions in other languages of Polynesia.] long pig n obsolete human flesh eaten by cannibals [translation of a Māori and Polynesian term]long′ pig′
n. human flesh as food for cannibals. [1850–55] long pig
long pigobsolete Human flesh when eaten as food by cannibals. As our canoe drifted down the river into the thickest parts of the jungle, the thought crossed my mind that we may well end up as long pig for some savage's meal.See also: long, pigEncyclopediaSeecannibalism |