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From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2011

Fifty sows with farrows were penned in each, bedded upon the earth, while the boars lay outside—fewer by far, as those well-fatted were for the suitors’ table, fine pork, sent by the swineherd every day.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

This was the wretch whom Faustus saw; and his heart rejoiced when he contemplated the paleness of his cheeks, and the farrows which anguish and despair had made in his brow. 

From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by Borrow, George Henry

Everybody can see these are made for the farrows.

From A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready by Harte, Bret

Lying among the farrows, the soldiers slept with the horses, heads bowed, eyes closed.

From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by Munguía, E. (Enrique)