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swinemeat

swinemeat noun: the meat of a pig.

Noun

swinemeat (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The meat of a pig.
    • head & pluck 4½d: suger 6d: swinemeat 6d1745, Richard Latham, edited by Lorna Weatherill, The Account Book of Richard Latham, 1724–1767 (Records of Social and Economic History, New Series XV), Oxford, Oxon: […] [F]or The British Academy by...
    • The Hebes, out by only one, suffered macerations and death, being closest to the truth. Ah, Jesu, jewboy worshipped in cloisters: abhorring oysters and swinemeat, they offended their gentle neighbours.1963, Irving Layton, “History as a Slice of Ham”, in Balls for a One-Armed Juggler, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart Limited, →OCLC, page 25

Examples of swinemeat in a sentence

  • They are monotheists whose religion prohibits them the use of alcohol, tobacco, and swinemeat.1969, Irving Layton, “Obs I”, in The Whole Bloody Bird (Obs, Aphs & Pomes), Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart Limited, →OCLC, page 20:
  • The maidservants had provided them with ale, and wooden plates of swinemeat and bread.1993, C. P. R. Tisdale, “Deorwente [Early Autumn AD 626]”, in Month of Swallows: Northumbria, England, A.D. 626–633, Edinburgh; […]: The...
  • Instead of racing one another to see who could down oysters the fastest, they improvised, and started simply opening their gullets and pouring in the processed swinemeat.2014, Andi Thomas, Alexander Netherton, “International Break 1”, in This Does Not Slip: A Diary of the 2013/14 Premier League...

Synonyms of swinemeat

Origin of swinemeat

From swine + meat.

Questions about swinemeat

What does swinemeat mean?
Swinemeat means the meat of a pig.
How do you use swinemeat in a sentence?
They are monotheists whose religion prohibits them the use of alcohol, tobacco, and swinemeat.
What part of speech is swinemeat?
Swinemeat is a noun.

Words near swinemeat in the dictionary

  1. swinehounds
  2. swinelike
  3. swineling
  4. swinelings
  5. swineman
  6. swinemeat
  7. swinemen
  8. swinepipe
  9. swinepipes
  10. swinepox
  11. swineries

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