cold pig

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Noun

cold pig (plural cold pigs)

1. (slang, dated) The act of throwing cold water over a sleeping individual to wake them.
   • 1836, Pedestres (pseud.), Sir Clavileno Woodenpeg (knight of Snowdon, pseud.), A pedestrian tour of thirteen hundred and forty-seven miles through Wales and England (page 270)

     Pedestres tossed off the clothes and jumped out of bed as if they had dealt him a "cold pig:" — he bounced between them all to the other side of the room, and hastily thrust himself into that which was offered to him.

Verb

cold pig (third-person singular simple present cold pigs, present participle cold pigging, simple past and past participle cold pigged)

1. (transitive, slang, dated) To throw cold water all over a sleeping individual's bed and body to wake them.