hedgepig

English

A hedgepig

Etymology

From hedge +‎ pig.

Noun

hedgepig (plural hedgepigs)

1. (Berkshire and Oxfordshire) A hedgehog.
   • a. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 4, scene 1, line 2:

     Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined.

   • 1855, Charles Kingsley, “Clovelly Court in the Olden Time”, in Westward Ho!‎^[1], 4th edition, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, published 1857, page 91:

     That sheeted heifer of Prowse’s is all wrong; her coat stares like a hedgepig's. Tell Jewell to go up and bring her in before night.

References

• Upton, Clive (2006) An Atlas of English Dialects, →ISBN, Hedgehog, page 137