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hog-cistern

hog-cistern is the alternative spelling of hog cistern.

Meaning of hog cistern

Noun

hog cistern (plural hog cisterns)

  1. (East-Anglia, Essex, Kent, archaic) A trough for pigs from which to eat.
    Synonyms:
    hog loom, hog-tub

Forms of hog-cistern

pluralhog-cisterns

Questions about hog-cistern

What is hog-cistern the alternative spelling of?
Hog-cistern is the alternative spelling of hog cistern.

Words near hog-cistern in the dictionary

  1. hog-backed
  2. hog-baying
  3. hog-bed
  4. hog-beds
  5. hog-beetle
  6. hog-cistern
  7. hog-cisterns
  8. hog-corn ratio
  9. hog-corn ratios
  10. hog-dogging
  11. hog-face

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