Hoggan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hoggan is a noun meaning (dialectal, chiefly Cornwall) A pork pasty.
Meaning
(dialectal, chiefly Cornwall) A pork pasty.
Example Sentences
Tom Trevarton had a piece of hoggan weth un.
[…] those who had to eat cold hoggans or pasties.
Some of the mine-owners provide no facilities whatever for the children to rewarm their pasties and hoggans […]
And these are no ordinary feasts; what with her pasties, saffron cake, "hoggans", "figgy hobbins", marinated pilchards, and, of course, her delicious cream, the Cornish woman has many unusual dishes with which to whet the appetite.
Word Forms
- hoggans
- hoggen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hogjaw, hogbed, hoghood, hogloom, hodmandod, haggiss.
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