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hogringer

hogringer noun: one who puts rings into the snouts of pigs.

Noun

hogringer (plural hogringers)

  1. (historical, obsolete) One who puts rings into the snouts of pigs.
    • The office of hogringer was a yearly one and the appointment was made at the Court Leet. The hogringer had to go to the commons and see that all the swine had rings in their noses to prevent them rooting up the turf.2014, Eleanor Trotter, Seventeenth Century Life in the Country Parish, page 5

Forms of hogringer

pluralhogringers

Origin of hogringer

From hog + ringer.

Questions about hogringer

What does hogringer mean?
Hogringer means one who puts rings into the snouts of pigs.
What part of speech is hogringer?
Hogringer is a noun.
What is the plural of hogringer?
The plural of hogringer is hogringers.

Words near hogringer in the dictionary

  1. Hogrefe
  2. Hogrefes
  3. hogrel
  4. hogrell
  5. hogring
  6. hogringer
  7. hogringers
  8. hogrings
  9. hogritude
  10. hogrubber
  11. hogrubbers

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