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Definition of Hedgepigs
1. hedgepig [n] - See also: hedgepig
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedgepigs
Literary usage of Hedgepigs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"hedgepigs. sb. The berries of the sloe. Also pronounced " egg pegs." [Hund.
of Berk.] HEDGE PIG. sb. The hedgehog. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk. ..."
2. Thomas Hardy's Dorset by Robert Thurston Hopkins (1922)
"... whines," but as my acquaintance with " hedgepigs " goes, their conversation
is limited to a "quack "and a "snuff." Fordington is a large suburb ..."
3. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"hedgepigs. sb. The berries of the sloe. Also pronounced "egg pegs." [Hund, of Berk.]
HEDGE PIG. sb. The hedgehog. [V. of Glos.] [Hund, of Berk. ..."
4. The animal creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"The young Hedgehogs, frequently called hedgepigs, are born blind ; the points of
the pricks at the time of birth already project from the skin, ..."
5. Stray Leaves from a Border Garden by Mary Pamela Ellis Milne-Home (1901)
"... for Copper Beech), where they do harm if they congregate, I unearthed a family
of Hedgehogs, a mother and three dear little hedgepigs. ..."
6. Illustrated Natural History for Young People by John George Wood (1882)
"Now, this is an impossibility for the hedgehog, but I have seen pigs—not hedgepigs,
but real bacon pigs—suck the cows while lying down. ..."
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