hogship

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noun

A term of address for a hog (male swine).

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Meanings

nounhogship (plural hogships)

plural hogships

  1. archaichumorousA term of address for a hog (male swine).

    In the midst of one forest, about sixty wild boars […] ate very comfortably within twenty yards of us, with only a slight screen of reeds between us and their hogships.

    1849, Robert Murray Keith, Memoirs and Correspondence (Official and Familiar) (page 70)

Origin

From hog + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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