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in pig

in pig prepositional phrase: pregnant; also (humorous) used of a woman.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Pregnant; also (humorous) used of a woman.
    • ‘I am in pig, what d'you think of that?’
      ‘A most hideous expression, Linda dear,’ said Aunt Emily, ‘but I suppose we must congratulate you.’1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin, published 2010, page 84

Questions about in pig

What does in pig mean?
In pig means pregnant; also (humorous) used of a woman.
What part of speech is in pig?
In pig is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in pig in the dictionary

  1. in personam
  2. in perspective
  3. in petto
  4. in phase
  5. in piety
  6. in pig
  7. in place
  8. in place of
  9. in places
  10. in plain sight
  11. in plain view

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