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hogships

hogships is the plural of hogship.

Meaning of hogship

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)

Questions about hogships

What is hogships the plural of?
Hogships is the plural of hogship.

Words near hogships in the dictionary

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

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