whole-hoggeryn.
/ˌhəʊl ˈhɒɡəri/, U.S. /ˌhoʊl ˈhɑɡəri/ colloquial.
Action characterized by or based on great devotion to a cause, project, etc.; thoroughgoing or uncompromising effort. Cf. whole-hoggism n.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > thoroughgoing action
through stitcha1569
thoroughgoing1770
whole-hoggism1831
whole-hoggery1835
thorough-goingness1836
1835 Age 27 Sept. 306/3 We would beg to call the attention of the Conservative electors to a practice which has been industriously carried on by the ‘whole hoggery’ scoundrels opposed to them.
1854 Househ. Words 14 Oct. 195/2 The British grenadier, attired by whole-hoggery in the severest style of utilitarianism.
1928 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 593 The whole-hoggery of Fianna Fáil.
1950 Classical Philol. 45 110/1 In contrast with the ‘whole-hoggery’ of writers like Pindar and Aeschylus.
2001 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Jan. 16/4 There is something fine and infectious about such relentless whole-hoggery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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