pig dogs

Noun

pig dog (plural pig dogs)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A dog bred to hunt wild pigs, typically based on breeds such as Staffordshire Terrier and English Bull Terrier.
   • The pig-dogs are of rather a mongrel breed, partaking largely of the bull-dog, but mixed with the cross of mastiff and greyhound, which forms the New South Wales kangaroo-dog.1908, Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Robert Stout, Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844, published 2010, page 350

   Synonyms:

   swinehound

2. (typically in representations of German speech) A contemptible or worthless person.
   • He proceeded to call Heyst many names, of which ‘pig-dog’ was not the worst, with such vehemence that he actually choked himself.1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory: An island tale, Penguin Classics, published 1995, →ISBN, page 95
3. A stance used for surfing tubes on one’s backhand. The surfer crouches low over a bent front knee, back leg extending back, outside hand holding onto the outside rail, and inside arm extended upwards touching the face of the wave as a guide (or digging in to slow down).
   • The trick here is to do a so-called “pig-dog”. Standing sideways on your board with your back to the wave you will stall by twisting forward (in relation to the tip of your board) shoulder back, and using the arm belonging to it, drag your hand in the water. At the same time your rear hand grabs...2008, Peter Diel, Eric Menges, Surfing: In Search of the Perfect Wave, page 99

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