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English
Etymology
Diminutive of French porc. See pork.
Noun
porket (plural porkets)
- (archaic) A young hog; a pig.
1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:Adorned in white, a reverend priest appears, / And offerings to the flaming altars bears— ; / A porket, and a lamb that never suffered shears.
1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England:[…] his yards abound with poultry, and his fields with flocks and herds of kids, lambs, and porkets.
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Tagalog
Etymology
Univerbation of porke + 't.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
porket (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔)
- just because
- Synonym: porke