Pork
[pɔːk] or [pɔrk]
Definition
(n.) The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.
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Definition
n. the flesh of swine: (Milt.) a stupid fellow.—ns. Pork′-butch′er one who kills pigs; Pork′-chop a slice from a pig's rib; Pork′er a young hog: a pig fed for pork; Pork′ling a young pig; Pork′-pie a pie made of pastry and minced pork.—adj. Pork′y fat.—Pork-pie hat a hat somewhat like a pie in shape worn by men and women about the middle of the 19th century.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
If you eat pork in your dreams, you will encounter real trouble, but if you only see pork, you will come out of a conflict victoriously. See Bacon.
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Examples
- In a little while we hear stories of an Omayyad Caliph, Walid II (743-744), who mocked at the Koran, ate pork, drank wine, and did not pray. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If you want a subject, look at Pork! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Pork, answered the swine-herd. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- From 10 to 15 minutes only are required to convert the living animal into dressed pork. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From that day to this we have eaten roasted pork. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I may remark that the bread in these sausages was not treated, and therefore it has become slightly sour, but the pork has kept perfectly fresh. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It was to this effect: The black porker's killed--weighed x stone--salted the sides--pig's pudding and leg of pork for dinner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You must know, said my sister, rising, it's a pie; a savory pork pie. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Miss Sharp adores pork, don't you, Miss Sharp? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The process of slaughtering and dressing pork, as practiced to-day, is a continuous one, and is well illustrated in Fig. 170, in 13 operations. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Those who were not got a piece of rancid salt pork from the skipper, and cut a large, thick slice out of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No one had ever considered the possibility of eating pork, for in those days pigs were pets, and just as every family today has its dog Rover, so then, every family had its pig Scraps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Beef is slaughtered and cleansed very much in the same manner as the pork described in The Story in a Sausage. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We were to have a superb dinner, consisting of a leg of pickled pork and greens, and a pair of roast stuffed fowls. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The gates and dikes and banks came bursting at me through the mist, as if they cried as plainly as could be, A boy with somebody else's pork pie! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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