(countable, chiefly, UK, NZ) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
1900, Samuel Butler, transl. The Odyssey, Book IX., page 113
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(uncountable, chiefly, UK, NZ) The meat of a young sheep.
: They were kept in separate flocks; first there were the hoggets, then the oldest of the younger lambs and lastly the very young ones all kept apart from one another
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(countable, chiefly, UK) A young boar of the second year.
1900, Samuel Butler, transl. The Odyssey, Book IX., page 113
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