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Definition of Razorback hog
1. Noun. A mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Razorback Hog
Literary usage of Razorback hog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Successful Teaching in Rural Schools by Marvin Summers Pittman (1922)
"You have said that a razorback hog is too expensive for civilization. It takes
him too long to get grown. When he is grown, he is not very large and cannot ..."
2. Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture by Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture (1917)
"I claim that it is just as much of an impossibility for a man to raise a razorback
hog and wear a white collar as it is for a paraffine dog to catch an ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1919)
"Kephart has cited the razorback hog as a pilot of this migrating army which made
possible the timely occupation of Kentucky on the eve of the Revolution. ..."
4. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"He carried long, sharp horns; his back was on the order of an Arkansas razorback
hog. When it came to jumping and weaving his body at the same time, ..."
5. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"He carried long, sharp horns; his back was on the order of an Arkansas razorback
hog. When it came to jumping and weaving his body at the same time, ..."
6. The Prairie Schooner by William Francis Hooker (1918)
"... of the "leaders," which were always light weights and most always long-horns
from Texas—long horns, long legs and bodies, thin as a razorback hog. ..."
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