long pig


noun
  1. (among the Maori and Polynesian peoples) human flesh as food for cannibals.

Origin of long pig

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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long pig

noun
  1. obsolete human flesh eaten by cannibals

Origin of long pig

1
translation of a Māori and Polynesian term

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