swineling

noun

Etymology

From swine + -ling.

  1. derived from *suH-
  2. inherited from *swīną
  3. inherited from *swīn
  4. inherited from swīn
  5. inherited from swyn
  6. suffixed as swineling — “swine + ling

Definitions

  1. A small, young, or immature swine

    A small, young, or immature swine; pigling.

    • He did so, filling his pipe and paying for a second tankard, which now came in, gazing amiably the while upon the interesting swineling, behind which, on the bench by my side, he presently conveyed himself.
    • Most pig raisers will want to remove the tips of their piglets' eight needle teeth on the same day the "swinelings" receive the iron supplements.

The neighborhood

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