shoat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shoat
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English shote; cognate with dialectal Dutch schote
Example Sentences
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Travis liked the shoats too, but fortunately, that year none of our present piglets had evidenced a singular enough personality to earn a name.
From Literature
If you could buy shoats on credit, fatten them on food that cost next to nothing, sell them, pay off your loan, and take your profit, you would really have done something.
From Literature
The least little old biting shoat could make her take cover.
From Literature
Droves of black hogs and shoats are ploughing the sward in their search for sweet roots, or lying half-buried in the wet sand.
From Project Gutenberg
He was rather 'fixed up,' and he resolved that he would pass on without looking at the shoat.
From Project Gutenberg
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