Meanings
plural pig-stickings
- IndiacolloquialcountabledateduncountableThe hunting of boars.
Have you heard any word Of that bloke in the "Third" - Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim? They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay. But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay, He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way. I wonder what happened to him?
1945, Noël Coward, I Wonder What Happened to Him?1 more example
Swankey of the Body Guard himself, that dangerous youth, and the greatest buck of all the Indian army now on leave, was one day discovered by Major Dobbin tête-à-tête with Amelia, and describing the sport of pig-sticking to her with great humour and eloquence […]
1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
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