hog scraper

English

A hogscraper candlestick

Alternative forms

• hogscraper

Noun

hog scraper (plural hog scrapers)

1. A tool used to clean a hog after slaughter
2. A candlestick shaped like such a tool
   • 1904, The Connecticut Magazine, Volume VIII, page 100:

     This particular form or shape of candle-stick early became known as the "Hog Scraper," because of its usefulness at hog killing time as a scraper, or tool used by the farmers to remove the bristles after scalding the hog.