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cold pig

noun

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  1. The act of throwing cold water over a sleeping individual to wake them.

    • Pedestres tossed off the clothes and jumped out of bed as if they had dealt him a "cold pig:" — he bounced between them all to the other side of the room, and hastily thrust himself into that which was offered to him.

  2. To throw cold water all over a sleeping individual's bed and body to wake them.

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