Thesaurus / porker
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How dare you decide in this cold-blooded way whether I am to be called—ah—Tosh—or—ah—Porker!
FIRST PLAYSA. A. MILNE
The porker grunted her displeasure, and Patrick did some grunting, too; but he was not easily scarednor would he be shaken off.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISON
Well, there is a stye in the soul of every one of us, in which abides a porker more or less objectionable.
THE FIEND'S DELIGHTDOD GRILE
Then they would catch the porker, throw him on the scales, and find out which farmer had guessed nearest the mark.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVIS
The hint was always taken, and alas, for the poor farmer who had a nice hen-roost, or a young porker in the sty.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAYA. R. WHITE
Early on the morrow, we will return to the farm house, and beg the dead porker, the body of the dead porker.
THE ROMANY RYEGEORGE BORROW
Afore a tender little juicy porker, asprawlin' of your legs under the table and a-facin' a hail jolly Johnnie, w'ich is me?
THE INCENDIARYW. A. (WILLIAM AUGUSTINE) LEAHY
At sound of the horn he started, head bent forward, nose pointing as straight for the kitchen as ever porker's for the trough.
PIPPIN; A WANDERING FLAMELAURA E. RICHARDS
He once ate one of my pigs, and would have ate me if he had not first caught the poor black porker.
THE GOLD THREADNORMAN MACLEOD
Xanthus saying, “Eight,” quoth Esop: “Then here are five, and the porker feeding below goes on three.”
FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN AND OTHER PAPERSW. A. CLOUSTON
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