Meanings
plural swinelings
- A small, young, or immature swine; pigling.
Most pig raisers will want to remove the tips of their piglets' eight needle teeth on the same day the "swinelings" receive the iron supplements.
1980, Randy Kidd, http://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-farming/how-to-breed-pigs-zmaz80jazraw.aspx?page=3#axzz2KdORSpS41 more example
He did so, filling his pipe and paying for a second tankard, which now came in, gazing amiably the while upon the interesting swineling, behind which, on the bench by my side, he presently conveyed himself.
1848, Charles Whitehead, Smiles and tears, or The romance of life - Volume 1 - Page 83
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swineling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swineling
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