Porker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɔːkə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Porker is a noun meaning A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter.
Meaning
A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter.
More Meanings
- (British, Cockney rhyming slang) A lie.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A police officer.
- (slang, derogatory) An obese person.
Example Sentences
All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers.
Jerry Lynch, a pig's head pickled. Term usually applied to the long Irish heads which are sent over here for sale in the poorer districts of London, and which are vastly different from the heads of “dairy-fed” porkers.
Again, when Harold was locked up in his room all day, for assault and battery upon a neighbour's pig, - an action he would have scorned, being indeed on the friendliest terms with the porker in question, - there was no handsome expression of regret on the discovery of the real culprit.
Word Forms
- porkers
Synonyms for porker
Depending on context, synonyms include butterball, chubbs, chubster, chunker, elephant, fat.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pork, swine, porcine, sow, hog, pig.
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