dying pig

English

Noun

dying pig (plural dying pigs)

1. A rubber balloon designed to emit a squealing noise as it deflates.
   • 1902, Clifton Fremont Hodge, Nature Study and Life, page 57:

     If the blowing is too tiresome, the blowpipe may be attached to a "dying pig" or a toy rubber balloon, the inflation of which will keep up a constant pressure until the skin is dry.