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hoggish

[haw-gish, hog-ish] / ˈhɔ gɪʃ, ˈhɒg ɪʃ /


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How hoggish and self-indulgent the Yankees are, knowing a cheat might help them win a few more games and raise their television ratings.

From New York Times Aug. 10, 2013

In my opinion this letter should have been next to an article on Blue Boy, for a more hoggish, boorish display of feeling it has never been my misfortune to read.

From Time Magazine Archive

I stop on the A82's muddy shoulder and discover I'm more angry at myself than at the hoggish trucker.

From Time Magazine Archive

One spout flowed rich red wine, the other white, and it was free for all but those hoggish enough to try to use buckets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another thing of which I am ashamed is that since I can't eat everything, I tend to be rather protective or hoggish over those certain foods which seldom make me sick.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann




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