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Definition of Porkers
1. porker [n] - See also: porker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porkers
Literary usage of Porkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1772)
"Boiled, the potatoes dont fatten porkers, and mixed with meal (from one-third to
one-tenth) they fatten any large hogs. ..."
2. Out-doors at Idlewild; Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855)
"... and porkers—Unwelcome Visitors—Penalty of Pounding—A Public Benefactor.
June 25, 1853. THE corner of the Highland Terrace, which forms our neighborhood ..."
3. Chronicles of the Twenty-first Regiment New York State Volunteers: Embracing by John Harrison Mills (1887)
"A midnight alarm, and the porkers routed.—Lying in " anguish."—A review by Governor
Morgan.—A new camp and winter quarters.—Another disappointment. ..."
4. Sporting Sketches in South America by Sir William Robert Kennedy (1892)
"A family of porkers.—Heavy going in the swamps.—We kill a Deer.—• Camp for the
night.—Kill another Stag and return home. ..."
5. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1896)
"... for my own part, I have a great sympathy and interest for the whole race of
porkers, and should have much amusement in studying the character of a pig. ..."
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