hog cholera
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hog cholera
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Statistics on hog cholera discloses an average loss of $30,000,000 a year for 40 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
But no one was able to determine accurately whether the deaths were all attributable to swine fever, or to hog cholera or some other epidemic disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
Department of Agriculture is watching for any outbreak of African swine fever, a disease deadlier than anthrax or hog cholera.
From Time Magazine Archive
With this idea they immunized pigeons against hog cholera.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the contrary, as you should know, the incubation of hog cholera being nine days, I consulted the shipping dates of the animals and knew that they had been healthy when shipped.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
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