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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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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

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

The department’s monthly discipline roundup shows the 10-day suspensions given to Hogg and Alcocer are in line with punishments for more routine incidents, such as one officer found to have improperly pushed a civilian.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 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

We were sitting in the house of Mr. James Hogg, the Hanseatic Consul, when from the garden there suddenly arose a serenade of men's voices, singing German melodies.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

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

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

The end result was that Robert Evers, guardian for Mary, John Bailey's daughter, should see to it that the original grant be selected and "survayde and laid owte in hogg Islande."

From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Charles E. Hatch

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

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