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hogship

hogship noun: a term of address for a hog (male swine).

Noun

hogship (plural hogships)

  1. (archaic, humorous) A term of address for a hog (male swine).
    • In the midst of one forest, about sixty wild boars […] ate very comfortably within twenty yards of us, with only a slight screen of reeds between us and their hogships.1849, Robert Murray Keith, Memoirs and Correspondence (Official and Familiar) (page 70)

Forms of hogship

pluralhogships

Origin of hogship

From hog + -ship.

Questions about hogship

What does hogship mean?
Hogship means a term of address for a hog (male swine).
What part of speech is hogship?
Hogship is a noun.
What is the plural of hogship?
The plural of hogship is hogships.

Words near hogship in the dictionary

  1. Hogsett
  2. Hogsetts
  3. hogseye
  4. hogshead
  5. hogsheads
  6. hogship
  7. hogships
  8. hogshit
  9. hogskin
  10. hogskins
  11. hogsties

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