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porkers

porkers is the plural of porker.

Meaning of porker

Noun

porker (plural porkers)

  1. A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter.
    • Jerry Lynch, a pig's head pickled. Term usually applied to the long Irish heads which are sent over here for sale in the poorer districts of London, and which are vastly different from the heads of “dairy-fed” porkers.1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
  2. (derogatory, slang) An obese person.
    Synonyms:
    All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled, butterball, chod, chodder, chubbs, chubster, chunker, chunky monkey, elephant, fat
  3. (Cockney, UK, slang) A lie.
    Synonyms:
    porky, porky pie
  4. (US, derogatory, slang) A police officer.

Questions about porkers

What is porkers the plural of?
Porkers is the plural of porker.

Words near porkers in the dictionary

  1. porked
  2. porked out
  3. porked up
  4. porker
  5. porkeries
  6. porkers
  7. porkery
  8. porket
  9. porkets
  10. porketta
  11. porkettas

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