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Search phrase: pig

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.ii.44The capon burns, the pig falls from the spit.The Capon burnes, the Pig fals from the spit;
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.i.66‘ The pig,’ quoth I, ‘ is burned.’ ‘ My gold,’ quoth he.The Pigge quoth I, is burn'd: my gold, quoth he: 
Henry VH5 IV.vii.13the Pig was born!the pig was borne?
Henry VH5 IV.vii.15Why, I pray you, is not ‘ pig ’ great? The pig,Why I pray you, is not pig, great? The pig,
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.47Some men there are love not a gaping pig,Some men there are loue not a gaping Pigge:
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.54Why he cannot abide a gaping pig,Why he cannot abide a gaping Pigge?
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.145‘ Wheak, wheak!’ – so cries a pig prepared to the spit.Weeke, weeke, so cries a Pigge prepared to th'spit.

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Glossary

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Bartholomew boar-pigpig sold at the annual London fair held on St Bartholomew's day
brawnfattened boar, stuffed pig [ready for eating]
draffpig-swill, refuse, garbage
frankpig-sty
hedge-pighedgehog
swine-drunkdrunk as a pig, excessively drunk
tithe-pigpig given as part of a tithe
wheaksound of a pig being killed

Thesaurus

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drunk as a pigswine-drunk
pig given as part of a tithetithe-pig
pig sold at the London fair on St Bartholomew's dayBartholomew boar-pig
pig, drunk as aswine-drunk
pig, stuffedbrawn
pig-styfrank
pig-swilldraff
tithe, pig given as part of atithe-pig

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PIGBASICpig n, pig-like adj
PIGFOODpignut n
PIGTYPEboar-pig n, hedge-pig n, tithe-pig n
PIGNUTBASICsee PIG

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