| 单词 | river pig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver pig river pig n. North American slang = river-driver n.; cf. river hog n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > one who rafter1741 driver1825 river-driver1825 rear crew1851 loadera1862 skidder1870 floater1889 river hog1902 river rat1905 boom-man1908 river pig1908 rearing crew1944 1908 S. E. White Riverman xxii. 197 I don't bet those Saginaw river-pigs are any more two-fisted than the boys on this river. I'd go up and clean 'em out. 1947 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 8 Mar. 20/1 River pigs bristled all around him, men who hadn't seen a town or a saloon for nine months. 1994 C. A. Schwantes Hard Traveling 149 (caption) The men who worked the log drives were often known as river pigs. < as lemmas |
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