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swineflesh

noun

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English swinflesch, equivalent to swine + flesh. Compare German Schweinefleisch (“pork”), Danish svineflæsk.

  1. inherited from swinflesch

Definitions

  1. The flesh or meat of a pig

    The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.

    • If Malaga fell, then the Alhambra must also pass into the hands of the "eaters of swineflesh."
    • Eumaeus carved the swineflesh, giving the best portion to Odysseus whom he treated as the guest of honor.
    • "Don't you know, you giaour dog, the thing e'en more repellent than swineflesh to a virtuous daughter of Islam?

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA