furze pig

Noun

furze-pig (plural furze-pigs)

1. (West-Country) A hedgehog.
   • Wherever there be a gate, or even an apology for one, consisting of a gapway jammed full of a combination of what are mostly called brambles, the near neighbourhood of the same where it opens, or should open, on the field, is always a good place, and one that may well be taken advantage of, more...1884, William Carnegie, “Winged Vermin”, in Practical Game Preserving, page 457