swinehound

noun

Etymology

From swine + hound, a direct calque of German Schweinehund.

  1. inherited from *hundaz
  2. inherited from *hund
  3. inherited from hund
  4. inherited from hound
  5. compounded as swinehound — “swine + hound

Definitions

  1. Synonym of pig dog (“dog bred to hunt wild or feral pigs”).

The neighborhood

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