porkling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pork +‎ -ling

Noun[edit]

porkling (plural porklings)

  1. (dated) A young pig; a porket.
    • 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: [] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: [] Robert Triphook, [], and William Sancho, [], 1810, →OCLC:
      And serue thee in winter, more ouer than that,
      to shut vp thy porklings thou mindest to fat

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