hogling

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noun

A young, immature, or diminutive hog.

OriginMiddle English *hogling →
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Meanings

nounhogling (plural hoglings)

plural hoglings

  1. A young, immature, or diminutive hog.

    The depositions give no evidence of Easter hoglings, nor of visits outside the parish, though both may have occurred.

    1986, Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, volume 32, page 810

Origin

  1. Middle English*hogling
  2. Englishhogling

From Middle English *hogling, hoggelin, hoglin, hogelyn, equivalent to hog + -ling.

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APA

hogling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogling

MLA

“hogling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hogling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogling.

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