pig in a blanket

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English

American pigs in blankets.
British pigs in blankets at the top of a plate of other Christmas foods.

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Noun

pig in a blanket (plural pigs in a blanket or pigs in blankets)

  1. (US) A small sausage, usually a short hot dog, wrapped in dough and baked.
  2. (UK) A (generally pork) sausage wrapped in bacon, most common at Christmas.
  3. Oysters wrapped in bacon.
  4. (figurative, slang) An uncircumcised penis.

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