Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young pig.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pig; a porket.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pig ; aporket .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I felt sorry for the porkling: mere pig though it was, it had after all grown up in our house.
In Those Days The Story of an Old Man Jehudah Steinberg
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I felt sorry for the porkling: mere pig though it was, it had after all grown up in our house.
In Those Days Steinberg, Jehudah 1915
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Soon the porkling chosen to be the _ai-lólo_ offering is brought in -- a black suckling without spot or blemish.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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The sacrificial offerings that preceded the old-time performances of this hula are said to have been awa and a roast porkling, in honor of the goddess Laka.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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The ordinary penalty for a breach of ceremony or an offense against sexual morality was the offering of a baked porkling with awa.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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Why was the offering, the black roast porkling, said to be for Kane, who was not a special patron,
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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His shrill voice cut the air like the yell of a stuck porkling not quite done to death.
Best Russian Short Stories Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818
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Piglet is perhaps the most common word for a baby pig, but the dictionary provides a number of others: hogling, piggy (or piggie), pigling, porket, and porkling.
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