dying pig

noun

A rubber balloon designed to emit a squealing noise as it deflates.

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Meanings

noundying pig (plural dying pigs)

plural dying pigs

  1. A rubber balloon designed to emit a squealing noise as it deflates.

    If the blowing is too tiresome, the blowpipe may be attached to a "dying pig" or a toy rubber balloon, the inflation of which will keep up a constant pressure until the skin is dry.

    1902, Clifton Fremont Hodge, Nature Study and Life, page 57
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