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  Hogg

  noun

  James the Ettrick Shepherd, 1770–1835, Scottish poet.
• hogg
  hogg

  noun

  an uncastrated male pig

Hogg

American  

[hog] / hɒg /

noun

1. James the Ettrick Shepherd, 1770–1835, Scottish poet.

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Hogg ¹ British  

/ hɒɡ /

noun

1. 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)

2. See Hailsham of St Marylebone

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hogg ² British  

/ hɒɡ /

noun

1. an uncastrated male pig

2. a sheep of either sex aged between birth and second shearing

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Rick Hurst, the actor best known as Deputy Cletus Hogg in ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ and father of actor Ryan Hurst, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Chief Constable Jason Hogg told the BBC he was in discussion with the Police Federation of England and Wales over the matter, adding public opinion on their potential release was "overwhelming".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Hogg said in an interview with federal investigators that he visually estimated that the devices contained 10 pounds of explosive powder — calculations on which Alcocer based her subsequent decisions, according to the leaked files.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

According to the leaked file reviewed by The Times, the LAPD’s internal investigators found Hogg made a “gross underestimation” of the explosive weight of the fireworks that police intended to detonate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

While waiting there he came to the city of Savannah and baptized Andrew Bryan and his wife Hannah, Kate Hogg, and Hagar Simpson, who became the founders of the first African Baptist Church in Savannah.

From The History of the Negro Church by Carter Godwin Woodson

By the time they are a year old, or a hogg, the Herdwick's fleece has turned a dark chocolate brown and their heads a milk white.

From BBC ● May 15, 2021

“And then of course, somebody gets online who wants me not to, you know – the boss hogg at least gets online and tries to mess that up,” Schneider said of the film's plot.

From Fox News ● Oct. 29, 2019

Those of Hartford sold a hogg, that belonged to the honored companie, under pretence that it had eaten of theire grounde grass, when they had not any foot of inheritance.

From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Washington Irving

No friend to the needy, His wealth gather'd speedy, And he never did naught but evil; He liv'd like a hogg, And dyed like a dogg, And now he rides post to the devil.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 by Various

We leave a hogg att the doore for sentery, with a rope tyed to his foot.

From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Pierre Esprit Radisson