Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A run or narrow, deep-trodden path made by wild pigs.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
pig run .
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Examples
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He retreated up the pig-run before his hunters, who were between him and the beach.
THE RED ONE 2010
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Afterward, chased by the natives along a pig-run in the jungle he heard the whisper of tiny arrows, bone-tipped and feather-shafted.
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He came to a pig-run, followed it for perhaps a hundred yards, and then swerved off.
Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954
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The ground was turned over near the pig-run and there were droppings that steamed.
Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954
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The pig-run kept close to the jumble of rocks that lay down by the water on the other side and Ralph was content to follow Jack along it.
Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954
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They found another pig-run parallel to the first and Jack raced away.
Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954
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The pig-run filled with shouting boys again, Jack came running back, and poked about in the undergrowth.
Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954
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Beyond the creeper, the trail joined a pig-run that was wide enough and trodden enough to be a path.
Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954
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From the pig-run came the quick, hard patter of hoofs, a castanet sound, seductive, maddening — the promise of meat.
Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954
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He retreated up the pig-run before his hunters, who were between him and the beach.
The Red One 1918
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