单词 | titman pig |
释义 | > as lemmastitman pig 1. The smallest pig in a litter. Also more fully titman pig. Now rare.Usage is recorded, esp. in New England and New York State, from the period 1965–70 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2012) V. 624/2. ΚΠ 1807 Weekly Inspector (N.Y.) 21 Feb. 298/2 An imperious sense of duty forces me to bring you across my knee, and ‘tickle the tails of a titman or two’. 1854 A. Child Tippletonia 66 As the ‘titman’ does when a larger pig drives him away from the dug he has..appropriated to his own especial use. 1913 W. T. Becker Larkin of Cotton Run iii. 40 Little, round-shouldered, thin-chested fellers they was, always makin' yeh think of a titman pig picked 'fore it was ripe. 1947 H. Croy Corn Country 281 Titman, the runt in a litter of pigs. < as lemmas |
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