pigmeat

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See also: pig-meat, and pig meat

English

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Etymology

From pig +‎ meat.

Noun

pigmeat (usually uncountable, plural pigmeats)

  1. The meat or flesh of a pig, used especially for food; pork.
    Synonyms: swineflesh, swine-flesh, swine flesh
    • 1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:
      A fire burned on the rock and fat dripped from the roasting pigmeat into the invisible flames.
      Penguin (1988), Perigee Books, →ISBN, page 151
    • 1995 September, George Reigel, “Updates”, in Field & Stream:
      The real purpose of this exorbitant barrel of pigmeat is to placate West Virginia politicians who complain their state doesn't get enough pork.
    • 2001, Lee Langley, Distant Music, Vintage, published 2002, →ISBN, page 299:
      'Oh, Gideon, you know why. I do think that on the day you're taking the kosher plunge you should keep off the pigmeat.'
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pigmeat.
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