snorker
/ˈsnɔːkə/
snorker noun: a pig, especially a piglet.
Noun
snorker (plural snorkers)
- A pig, especially a piglet.
- The women do most of the business, the men condescending to attend to such matters as the sale of goats, or an occasional “snorker,” which is led by a string, and invariably lends its voice to the general uproar.1890, J[ohn] Rose Troup, “At Manyanga”, in With Stanley’s Rear Column, London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, →OCLC, page 80
- He told me he had got a queer critter that had come to his garden, and to his mind it was very like a little pig—in fact, “fust off he reckoned it was one o’ his young snorkers hed got out. He’s gone to his home now,” he added; […] He seemed to have no fear—he had evidently never been disturbed...1891 February, a Son of the Marshes [pseudonym; Denham Jordan], “On Surrey Hills.—II. Fin and Fur.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CXLIX, number DCCCCIV, Edinburgh; London: William...
- A sausage.
- […] a snorker left on the plate. Sam groans, but obediently sinks his fork into a third sausage […]2012, Chris Terrill, Shipmates, page 56
- Tim is told off for trying to smuggle Dad a 'snorker' (sausage) from the catering trolley.2022, Emily Bevan, The Diary of Losing Dad, page 15
Examples of snorker in a sentence
- He told me he had got a queer critter that had come to his garden, and to his mind it was very like a little pig—in fact, “fust off he reckoned it was one o’ his young snorkers hed got out.1891 February, a Son of the Marshes [pseudonym; Denham Jordan], “On Surrey Hills.—II. Fin and Fur.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine...
- OH, ’twas Christmas Eve, and, by your leave, / I’ll tell you a wond’rous tale; / For the moreporks porked and the snorkers snorted, / And the tom-cats wailed a wail.1904 December 3, “What Might Have Been: On the Wallabi with a Spectre”, in W[illiam] J[ohn] Geddis, editor, The New Zealand Observer […]...
- Put into a sack, the young snorker was carried back to captivity.[1961], Andrew Dow Griffen, Laughter Lingers On…: Seven Merry Tales of Early Auckland, Mount Roskill, Auckland, →OCLC, page 18:
Forms of snorker
| plural | snorkers |
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Origin of snorker
From snork + -er.
Words that rhyme with snorker
Questions about snorker
- What does snorker mean?
- Snorker means a pig, especially a piglet.
- How do you use snorker in a sentence?
- He told me he had got a queer critter that had come to his garden, and to his mind it was very like a little pig—in fact, “fust off he reckoned it was one o’ his young snorkers hed got out.
- What part of speech is snorker?
- Snorker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce snorker?
- Snorker is pronounced /ˈsnɔːkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of snorker?
- The plural of snorker is snorkers.
Words near snorker in the dictionary
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