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hog scraper

hog scraper noun: a tool used to clean a hog after slaughter.

hog scraper: a tool used to clean a hog after slaughter
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Noun

hog scraper (plural hog scrapers)

  1. A tool used to clean a hog after slaughter
  2. A candlestick shaped like such a tool
    • This particular form or shape of candle-stick early became known as the "Hog Scraper," because of its usefulness at hog killing time as a scraper, or tool used by the farmers to remove the bristles after scalding the hog.1904, The Connecticut Magazine, Volume VIII, page 100

Forms of hog scraper

pluralhog scrapers
alternative formhogscraper

Questions about hog scraper

What does hog scraper mean?
Hog scraper means a tool used to clean a hog after slaughter.
What part of speech is hog scraper?
Hog scraper is a noun.
What is the plural of hog scraper?
The plural of hog scraper is hog scrapers.

Words near hog scraper in the dictionary

  1. hog rings
  2. hog rubber
  3. hog rubbers
  4. hog rump
  5. hog rumps
  6. hog scraper
  7. hog stag
  8. hog sucker
  9. hog suckers
  10. hog tapir
  11. hog tight

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