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rig pigs

rig pigs is the plural of rig pig.

Meaning of rig pig

Noun

rig pig (plural rig pigs)

  1. (slang, oil industry) A worker on an oil rig; a roughneck.
    • And, of course, they can maintain control of half a dozen shit-scared rig pigs.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse, page 95

Questions about rig pigs

What is rig pigs the plural of?
Rig pigs is the plural of rig pig.

Words near rig pigs in the dictionary

  1. rig
  2. rig doctor
  3. rig doctors
  4. rig out
  5. rig pig
  6. rig pigs
  7. rig up
  8. Rig Veda
  9. rig-out
  10. Riga
  11. Riga fir

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