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hedgy-boar

hedgy-boar noun: a hedgehog.

hedgy-boar: a hedgehog
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Noun

hedgy-boar (plural hedgy-boars)

  1. (Cornwall, Devon, archaic) A hedgehog.
    • Aw loar! the owld gipsies what do live 'pon hedgyboors and that soort of mait, was more betterer off then we wor was regaard to livin'.c. 1860, John Tabois Tregellas, “California”, in Cornish Tales, page 67
    • He sought where grew, in aspect lew, / The skedgwith and the scow, / And he routed the sleepy hedgy-boar, / And the lively padgypaow.1895, Joseph Thomas, “The Quest of the Gwidgy-gwee”, in Randigal Rhymes, page 15

Forms of hedgy-boar

pluralhedgy-boars
alternative formhedgyboar

Origin of hedgy-boar

From hedgy + boar.

Questions about hedgy-boar

What does hedgy-boar mean?
Hedgy-boar means a hedgehog.
What part of speech is hedgy-boar?
Hedgy-boar is a noun.
What is the plural of hedgy-boar?
The plural of hedgy-boar is hedgy-boars.

Words near hedgy-boar in the dictionary

  1. Hedglin
  2. Hedglins
  3. Hedgpeth
  4. Hedgpeths
  5. hedgy
  6. hedgy-boar
  7. hedgy-boars
  8. Hedin
  9. Hedins
  10. Hedjaz
  11. Hedjet

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