hogling
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English *hogling, hoggelin, hoglin, hogelyn, equivalent to hog + -ling.
Noun
[edit]hogling (plural hoglings)
- A young, immature, or diminutive hog.
- 1986, Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, volume 32, page 810:
- The depositions give no evidence of Easter hoglings, nor of visits outside the parish, though both may have occurred.