hogg

[hawg, hog]

noun British.

hog(def 5).

Hogg

[hog]

noun

Jamesthe Ettrick Shepherd, 1770–1835, Scottish poet.

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Contemporary Examples of hogg

"Shocked would be the wrong word, but people were highly surprised, because of his skin color," Hogg says.
Barack Obama's Irish Roots
Tom Sykes
April 14, 2011

Historical Examples of hogg

Tell him I was very glad to hear of two of my boys, English and Hogg.
General Gordon
J. Wardle
Shelley and Hogg seem almost to have lived in reality the life of the Scholar Gipsy.
Oxford
Andrew Lang
Mr. Hogg sometimes complains that undergraduates were left too much alone.
Oxford
Andrew Lang
In some ways I dislike the name of Marmaduke as much as Hogg.
Ladies-In-Waiting
Kate Douglas Wiggin
When coupled with Hogg it loses what little distinction it might have had by itself.
Ladies-In-Waiting
Kate Douglas Wiggin

British Dictionary definitions for hogg

hogg

noun

an uncastrated male pig

a sheep of either sex aged between birth and second shearing

Hogg

noun

James, known as the Ettrick Shepherd. 1770–1835, Scottish poet and writer. His works include the volume of poems The Queen's Wake (1813) and the novel The Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)

Quintin See Hailsham of St Marylebone

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