| 释义 |
Definition of bonham in English: bonhamnounˈbɒnəm Irish A piglet. Example sentencesExamples - At the age of fifteen years he bought ten bonhams and fattened them and eventually increased to fifteen sows, selling off the bonhams.
- In addition, bonhams could not be fed properly because of the sows' feet problems.
- She counted seven shillings and ten pence and she said to her son Pat: ‘I think you should go to the Fair in the morning to buy a bonham or small pig.’
- In the mid-sixties I changed to finishing all pigs instead of selling bonhams.
- Gossip was exchanged and embellished, births, deaths and marriages were discussed and the price of bonhams and dropped calves were dissected.
Origin Late 19th century: dialect variant of Irish banbh 'pig'. |