| 单词 | hog's face |
| 释义 | > as lemmashog's face hog's face n. (also hog face) (a) (as a term of abuse) a person considered to have a face or facial expression like that of a hog; (b) the face of a hog, esp. as an article of food. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person hog's face1578 kex1619 troll1697 singed cat1836 ogre1843 plug-ugly1862 partan-face1895 bad looker1898 snout-face1923 Mr Potato Head1952 mieskeit1968 fuglya1970 grot1970 minger1992 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. iv. vii. sig. Fj Goodman Hogsface, you woe without mony. 1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London sig. C Doest thou keepe no better fare in thy house? Hast no greate Bagge Pudding, nor Hogges face, that is called Sowse? c1630 Trag. Rich. II (1870) 60 Heeres a fatt horson in his russet slops, And yett may spend 300li bith yeare, The third of which the hoggsface owes the kinge. 1710 P. Lamb Royal Cookery 108 You may do Sheep's Tongues the same way, or Hog's Feet, or Hog's Face split in two. 1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil ii. i. 4 If he's left that same hog's face and sausages, He will try back upon them. 1977 P. Larkin Let. 25 May in M. Brennan Philip Larkin I Knew (2002) 222 All this to avoid the hog-faces at the bar! 2004 Star (Wilmington, N. Carolina) News (Nexis) 25 Feb. 1 d Only the bravest tried the hog's face. < as lemmas |
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