Hoggan

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(dialectal, chiefly Cornwall) A pork pasty..

Example Sentences

Tom Trevarton had a piece of hoggan weth un.

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.

[…] those who had to eat cold hoggans or pasties.

“Of course, the truly poor people had to make do with hoggans,” Tamsin was saying. “Hoggans?” Chloe mumbled around a mouthful of herby pasty. “Flatbread with a morsel or two of pork baked into it,” Tamsin explained. "My father said they were hard as rocks. […] Don't worry, dear. I won't serve you hoggans."

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• hoggans
• hoggen

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