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swineling

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Etymology

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From swine +‎ -ling.

Noun

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swineling (plural swinelings)

  1. A small, young, or immature swine; pigling.
    • 1848, Charles Whitehead, Smiles and tears, or The romance of life - Volume 1 - Page 83:
      He did so, filling his pipe and paying for a second tankard, which now came in, gazing amiably the while upon the interesting swineling, behind which, on the bench by my side, he presently conveyed himself.
    • 1980, Randy Kidd, http://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-farming/how-to-breed-pigs-zmaz80jazraw.aspx?page=3#axzz2KdORSpS4:
      Most pig raisers will want to remove the tips of their piglets' eight needle teeth on the same day the "swinelings" receive the iron supplements.

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