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Definition of Hoggerels
1. hoggerel [n] - See also: hoggerel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoggerels
Literary usage of Hoggerels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public record office by Great Britain Public Record Office (1907)
"... took 5 horses, 2 saddles, 4 collars, 2 pairs of 'trays,' 20 swine, 7 muttons,
8 rams and 06 hoggerels, worth 181. and chased them to the said John's ..."
2. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1861)
"... old,—" Hoggets," as they are called in Kent, or "hoggerels," "Store Sheep."
We deem it best, however, to render it by the more general term " Sheep. ..."
3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1861)
"... old,—" Hoggets," as they are called in Kent, or " hoggerels," " Store Sheep."
We deem it best, however, to render it by the more general term " Sheep. ..."
4. Observations on Live Stock: Containing Hints for Choosing and Improving the by George Culley (1807)
"... to the shearing or clipping for the first time, they are called hogs, or
hoggerels, or lamb-hogs; then they take the name of shearing, shearling, ..."
5. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Wether and ram (or tup) lambs become Hogs, hoggerels, Hoggets, or Tags, as soon
as the next year's lambs begin to fall ; on shearing they become ..."
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