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Definition of Road hog
1. Noun. A driver who obstructs others.
Definition of Road hog
1. Noun. A motorist who straddles two lanes of traffic or otherwise monopolizes the road. ¹
2. Noun. A bad or inconsiderate driver of a motor vehicle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Road Hog
Literary usage of Road hog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outing (1893)
"On this pike the Ohio road-hog lives and flourishes. He is a creature different
from the species found in New York and Pennsylvania, in that he is meaner, ..."
2. Through Terror to Triumph: Speeches and Pronouncements of David Lloyd George by David Lloyd George (1915)
"The Prussian Junker is the road-hog of Europe. Small nationalities in his way
are hurled to the roadside, bleeding and broken. ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"What wai a " road hog 1 " These " road hogs " he ventured to think were defined
by the first clause of the Mo tor-Car Act, which prescribed certain ..."
4. Oregon, the Picturesque: A Book of Rambles in the Oregon Country and in the by Thomas Dowler Murphy (1917)
"... and though I protested against the reflection on my remote ancestry, we still
identify the road hog who gave us such a scare, by this appellation. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"The former, commonly known as the "road-hog," has no more right to be consulted
on the measures applicable to dangerous driving than a professional forger ..."
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