¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Porklings
1. porkling [n] - See also: porkling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porklings
Literary usage of Porklings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Second by Daniel George Macnamara (1899)
"Metaphorically speaking, these little porklings had a knife and fork on each of
their backs, ... Hence the care observed in capturing little porklings. ..."
2. The History of the Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Second by Daniel George Macnamara (1899)
"Metaphorically speaking, these little porklings had a ... Hence the care observed
in capturing little porklings. At 9 o'clock AM of the following day, ..."
3. Explorations in Turkestan, Expedition of 1904: Prehistoric Civilizations of by Raphael Pumpelly (1908)
"... are for the greater part adult, except that among the sheep and pigs there is
a great quantity of bones of very young animals—small porklings and lambs. ..."
4. Corpus Poeticum Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"I never thought that serpents would be my death. What he least looked for befalls
many a man. The porklings would grunt if they knew of the old boar's need. ..."
Other Resources:
