swine

plural swines

1. A pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.

   The Zimmermann farm raises swine for their meat.

2. Pig, pork, the meat of pigs.

   The Book says don't eat no swine.

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   Nah, I ain't Jewish. I just don't dig on swine, that's all.

   1994, Quentin Tarantino et al., Pulp Fiction

3. A "pig", variously
   1. derogatoryfigurativelyA contemptible person, particularly one imbued with negative piglike characteristics, a greedy, lazy, dirty, and/or lecherous person.

      Don't cast pearls before swine.

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      Thousands of workers and students screaming "Get out of town, you Nazi swine!" stormed a police barricade here today in an attempt to silence Adolf von Thadden, head of the right-wing National Democratic party.

      1969 September 21, "Protesters Mob German Rightist...", New York Times, p. 20

      Their captain's a swine, an evil bastard. Name of Cavendish.

      1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders

      Synonyms: assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot

   2. derogatoryfigurativelyslanguncommonA police officer.

      Keep your mouths shut. Don't tell the swine anything.

   3. derogatoryfigurativelyslangA pain, any thing or task that is difficult, annoying, or unpleasant.

      That old car is a swine to manoeuvre.

4. obsoleterareSynonym of wolffish.

   Synonyms: wolffish

1. archaicpluralplural of sow

1. A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1335).