porket
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of French porc. See pork.
Noun[edit]
porket (plural porkets)
- (archaic) A young hog; a pig.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Adorned in white, a reverend priest appears, / And offerings to the flaming altars bears— ; / A porket, and a lamb that never suffered shears.
- 1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England:
- […] his yards abound with poultry, and his fields with flocks and herds of kids, lambs, and porkets.
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Univerbation of porke + 't.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
porket (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
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