porkman
porkman noun: a person who produces and sells pork.
Noun
porkman (plural porkmen)
- a person who produces and sells pork.
- You said distinctly, “I shall see Wright," madam, and in our peculiar position, I should be wrong not to insist on knowing who is Wright. Susan. Wright! —oh, perhaps I did — Wright's the name of the porkman. Downey. The porkman's Wright, is he?1845, Thomas Morton, Seeing Wright. A farce in one act, etc, page 12
- The butcher and the porkman painted up only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves.2007, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Penguin, →ISBN, page 34
Forms of porkman
| plural | porkmen |
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Origin of porkman
From pork + -man.
Questions about porkman
- What does porkman mean?
- Porkman means a person who produces and sells pork.
- What part of speech is porkman?
- Porkman is a noun.
- What is the plural of porkman?
- The plural of porkman is porkmen.
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