porkling

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/ˈpɔrklɪŋ/

noun

A piglet, especially one that is to be raised to produce pork.

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Meanings

nounporkling (plural porklings)

plural porklings

  1. datedA piglet, especially one that is to be raised to produce pork.

    And serue thee in winter, more ouer than that, to shut vp thy porklings thou mindest to fat

    1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC

    Synonyms: porket, porklet

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA piglet, especially one that is to be raised to produce pork.

Similar
porketporklet
Also see
pigletporketporklet

Origin

From pork + -ling.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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