suckling pig

  • 1suckling pig — suckling ,pig noun count a young pig that still drinks milk from its mother, and is sometimes cooked as a special meal …

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  • 2Suckling pig — For the most familiar species, see domestic pig. A suckling pig prior to being roasted for consumption at an American tailgate party A suckling pig (or sucking pig[1]) is a piglet fed on its mother s milk (i.e., a piglet which is still a suckling …

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  • 3suckling pig — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms suckling pig : singular suckling pig plural suckling pigs a young pig that still drinks milk from its mother, and is sometimes cooked as a special meal …

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  • 4suckling pig — noun (C) a young pig still taking milk from its mother, which is often cooked and eaten on special occasions …

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  • 5suckling pig — noun whole young pig suitable for roasting • Syn: ↑cochon de lait • Hypernyms: ↑pork, ↑porc …

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  • 6Suckling (disambiguation) — Suckling is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from a woman s breasts.Suckling may also refer to:* Mount Suckling, the highest peak of the Goropu Mountains * The Suckling , a 1989 horror filmPeople with the surname… …

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  • 7Pig in a poke — is an idiom that refers to a confidence trick originating in the Late Middle Ages, when meat was scarce but apparently rats and cats were not.The scheme entailed the sale of a suckling pig in a poke (bag). The wriggling bag actually contained a… …

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  • 8Pig slaughter — Schematic representation of the main pork cuts. Pig slaughter is the work of slaughtering domestic pigs which is both a common economic activity as well as a traditional feast in some European countries. Contents …

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  • 9pig — Synonyms and related words: Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Dogberry, Indian buffalo, John Law, Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, animal, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, armadillo, ass …

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  • 10pig — n 1. hog, sow, boar, razorback; peccary, wart hog, babirusa; porker, grunter, oinker, tusker; swine, barrow; shoat, shote, piglet, pigling, piggy, suckling pig, hogling. 2. pork, pork chops, ham, bacon, pigs feet, pigs knuckles. 3.Informal.a.… …

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