pig-sticking
pig-sticking noun: the hunting of boars.
Noun
pig-sticking (countable and uncountable, plural pig-stickings)
- The hunting of boars.
- Swankey of the Body Guard himself, that dangerous youth, and the greatest buck of all the Indian army now on leave, was one day discovered by Major Dobbin tête-à-tête with Amelia, and describing the sport of pig-sticking to her with great humour and eloquence […]1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
- Have you heard any word
Of that bloke in the "Third" -
Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim?
They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay.
But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay,
He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way.
I wonder what happened to him?1945, Noël Coward, I Wonder What Happened to Him?
Forms of pig-sticking
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Questions about pig-sticking
- What does pig-sticking mean?
- Pig-sticking means the hunting of boars.
- What part of speech is pig-sticking?
- Pig-sticking is a noun.
- What is the plural of pig-sticking?
- The plural of pig-sticking is pig-stickings.
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