单词 | pig potato |
释义 | > as lemmaspig potato pig potato n. an inferior or small potato used to feed pigs; = hog potato n. at hog n.1 Compounds 2a; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > pig fodder > other pig fodder defrutc1420 hog meata1500 shack1536 hog potato1776 pig potato1796 Tottenham Pudding1944 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxvi. 244 These roots are tuberous, flattish, small,..not unlike pig-potatoes. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxviii. 203 Not very big or fine, but a second size—a pig-potato, like. 1996 News & Rec. (Greensboro, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 21 July (People & Places section) 12 We have horse balm, -bean, -mint, -nettle, -weed and horseradish along with hog fennel, hog peanut, pig potato, pigweeds, and sow-thistle. < as lemmas |
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