(a) food for pigs, pigswill (in later use chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern)); (b) the flesh of a pig used as food; cf. sense 1b, swine…
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > pig fodder > wash (9) swine meat1434 (a) food for pigs, pigswill (in later use chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern)); (b) the flesh of a pig used as food; cf. sense 1b, swine… hogwashc1450 Kitchen refuse and scraps (esp. in liquid form) used as food for pigs; pigswill. Now chiefly historical. swash1528 Pig-wash; also, wet refuse or filth. swillinga1529 concrete (usually plural) = swill, n.2 1 ? Obsolete. swilla1570 Liquid, or partly liquid, food, chiefly kitchen refuse, given to swine; hog-wash, pig-wash. wash1585 Kitchen swill or brewery refuse as food for swine: = hogwash, n., pigwash, n. (So German dialect wäsch.) washmeat1688 ‘Wash’ for swine. slop1805 U.S. dialect and colloquial. Kitchen refuse or swill fed to cattle or pigs. Usually plural. pigswill1862 Kitchen refuse and scraps (esp. in liquid form) used as food for pigs; (figurative) something (esp. food) of very poor quality. Cf. hogwash, n., pi… |
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