hogg

[ hawg, hog ]

/ hɔg, hɒg /

noun British.

hog(def 5).

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Definition for hogg (2 of 2)

Hogg

[ hog ]

/ hɒg /

noun

Jamesthe Ettrick Shepherd, 1770–1835, Scottish poet.

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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST
On hearing she would soon appear in the dingy lodging-house, Hogg knew that on her arrival he would be face to face with a foe.
The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson
Finally, the style is not that of Hogg when he attempts the ballad.
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy|Andrew Lang
Hogg heard “with springwalls stones, he threw,” and wrote it, “with springs: wall stones he threw.”
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy|Andrew Lang

Lockhart undoubtedly tried to help Hogg a good deal, which Hogg resented more than once; hence Lockhart's strictures.
Abbotsford|W. S. Crockett
According to Hogg, Shelley had a custom of writing to divines and engaging them in controversy on the existence of God.
The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources|Daniel J. MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for hogg (1 of 2)

hogg

/ (hɒɡ) /

noun

an uncastrated male pig

a sheep of either sex aged between birth and second shearing

British Dictionary definitions for hogg (2 of 2)

Hogg

/ (hɒɡ) /

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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