pigmeat

See also: pig-meat, and pig meat

English

Alternative forms

• pig-meat, pig meat

Etymology

From pig +‎ meat.

Noun

pigmeat (usually uncountable, plural pigmeats)

1. The meat or flesh of a pig, used especially for food; pork.

   Synonyms: swineflesh, swine-flesh, swine flesh

   • 1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:

     A fire burned on the rock and fat dripped from the roasting pigmeat into the invisible flames.

     Penguin (1988), Perigee Books, →ISBN, page 151

   • 1995 September, George Reigel, “Updates”, in Field & Stream:

     The real purpose of this exorbitant barrel of pigmeat is to placate West Virginia politicians who complain their state doesn't get enough pork.

   • 2001, Lee Langley, Distant Music, Vintage, published 2002, →ISBN, page 299:

     'Oh, Gideon, you know why. I do think that on the day you're taking the kosher plunge you should keep off the pigmeat.'

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pigmeat.