pigsticker

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noun

A large knife, used as a weapon.

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Meanings

nounpigsticker (plural pigstickers)

plural pigstickers

  1. A large knife, used as a weapon.
  2. A specialized knife used to slaughter a pig by stabbing it in the throat.
  3. A spike bayonet.
  4. USdialectalA sled with a pointed front.
  5. IndiaUKA hunter of wild boar.
  6. IndiaUKA horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
  7. A pork butcher.

Origin

From pig + sticker.

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Translations

French abatteur, saigneur de porcs
  • abatteurpork butcher
  • saigneur de porcspork butcher
German Schlächter, Schweinemetzger
  • Schlächterpork butcher
  • Schweinemetzgerpork butcher
  • Sauschneiderpork butcher
Hungarian böllér
  • böllérpork butcher
Russian свинобой
  • свинобой (svinoboj)pork butcher
Cite this entry
APA

pigsticker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigsticker

MLA

“pigsticker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigsticker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pigsticker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigsticker.

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