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hog ages

hog ages is the plural of hog age.

Meaning of hog age

Noun

hog age (usually uncountable, plural hog ages)

  1. (US, dated, informal, usually) The period of adolescence.
    • The misfortune is that little men are uniformly great in their own estimation, and they cannot see that the rights of others and the law stand in their way sometimes. Little men get cured of those elevated notions, as little boys get cured of the hog age.1882 August 24, Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, volume XLIX, number 200, Bangor, Me.: Boutelle & Burr, page [2], column 4

Questions about hog ages

What is hog ages the plural of?
Hog ages is the plural of hog age.

Words near hog ages in the dictionary

  1. Hofstra
  2. Hoftijzer
  3. Hofuf
  4. hog
  5. hog age
  6. hog ages
  7. hog apple
  8. hog apples
  9. hog badger
  10. hog badgers
  11. hog bed

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