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dish pig

dish pig noun: a person employed to wash dishes at a restaurant or similar location.

Noun

dish pig (plural dish pigs)

  1. (slang) A person employed to wash dishes at a restaurant or similar location.
    • A dish pig washes dishes for a living.2003, “Steve Baker review of Rob Longstaff Ten Tracks At A Reasonable Price”, in Australian Broadcasting Commission, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2004
    Synonyms:
    dish bitch, dish dog

Synonyms of dish pig

Forms of dish pig

pluraldish pigs

Questions about dish pig

What does dish pig mean?
Dish pig means a person employed to wash dishes at a restaurant or similar location.
What part of speech is dish pig?
Dish pig is a noun.
What is the plural of dish pig?
The plural of dish pig is dish pigs.

Words near dish pig in the dictionary

  1. dish garden
  2. dish gardens
  3. dish liquid
  4. dish off
  5. dish out
  6. dish pig
  7. dish pigs
  8. dish pit
  9. dish pits
  10. dish rack
  11. dish racks

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