sucking-pign.
A new-born or very young pig; a young milk-fed pig suitable for roasting whole. (Formerly often called roasting pig.)
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1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 18/1 Yonge suckynge pygges, porci delici.
1606 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 166 For one souckinge pigge, ijs viijd.
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. i. 9 There were three sucking piggs serv'd up in a dish.
1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) To Rdr. p. x I know no moor on um neaw, than a seawking-pig.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. viii. 123 A roast sucking-pig came on as a second course.
1846 W. Youatt Pig (1847) 130 Those intended to be killed for ‘sucking-pigs’ should not be above four weeks old.
1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 73 ‘You like sucking-pig?’ he asked. ‘Not particularly.’ ‘Ah! you never ate them as they ought to be eaten!’
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