pigsticker

See also: pig sticker

English

Etymology

From pig +‎ sticker.

Noun

pigsticker (plural pigstickers)

1. A large knife, used as a weapon.
2. A spike bayonet
3. (US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
4. (UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
5. (UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
6. A pork butcher.

Related terms

• pigsticking
• like a stuck pig

Translations

pork butcher

• French: abatteur (fr) m, saigneur de porcs m
• German: Schlächter (de) m, Schweinemetzger m, Sauschneider m
• Hungarian: böllér (hu)
• Russian: свинобой (ru) m (svinoboj)
• Slovene: klavec, mesar (sl)

References

• “pigsticker”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “pigsticker”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.