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Definition of Hoggerel
1. n. A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.
Definition of Hoggerel
1. Noun. A sheep of the second year. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoggerel
1. a yearling sheep [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoggerel
Literary usage of Hoggerel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: To by George Fulton, G. Knight (1826)
"... n. an historian ; a writer of history History, his'tur-e, n. a narration of
facts Histrionic, bis-tre-on'ic, a. befitting the stage or hoggerel, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"'hoggerel street' is one of the main streets in Market Bosworth. Hoik, and Hoik
at, r. s,, /. q. Hike, qv Hold, va, pec. to continue. ..."
3. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Vide last word. Hog, sb. a yearling sheep. Vide Sheep. hoggerel ... 'hoggerel street'
is one of the main streets in Market Bosworth. Hoik, and Hoik at, va, ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... a boar in its third year, hogget, a sheep or colt after it has passed its
first year, hoggerel, which Palsgrave explains by ' a yong ..."
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