Definition of Hoggs

1. hogg [n] - See also: hogg

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoggs

hoggeries
hoggerpipe
hoggers
hoggery
hogget
hoggets
hoggin
hogginess
hoggings
hoggins
hoggish
hoggishly
hoggishness
hoggishnesses
hoggs (current term)
hoggy
hogh
hogherd
hogherds
hoghood
hoghoods
hoghs
hogleg
hoglegs
hoglet
hoglets
hoglike
hogmanays
hogmane

Literary usage of Hoggs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1890)
"markt but are presumed to be his he having some Years since put a Stock of hoggs there, ami no other person having any near unto that plase. ..."

2. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most by George Adolphus Hanson (1876)
"... tould ye wenches, what he kild, but at present was loth to tell his master, but after ye boy tould your deponent, that Price shott at hoggs once & mist, ..."

3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"REPORT OF WM hoggs, STATE INSPECTOR OF FRUIT PESTS, UP TO APRIL 15,1886. REMEDIES FOR VARIOUS PESTS. The best remedy for the pear-leaf caterpillar, ..."

4. Judicial and Testamentary Business of the Provincial Court by Maryland Provincial Court (1887)
"John Thimbleby his Marke for Cattell and hoggs viz : The right Eare cropt and a hole in the cropp, and the left over- keeld. ..."

5. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1887)
"Edward Packer his marke for cattell and hoggs viz: slitt on ihe righi Eare ... 29° Sepl John Warren his Marke for cattell and hoggs viz : Cropt on the left ..."

6. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"The commissioners of the victualling office have bought up a considerable number of oxen and hoggs for the use of the royal navy, there being now 50 men of ..."

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