(US, especially, Southern US) An animal which is eaten by poor people during hard times, especially an armadillo or jackrabbit, but also a possum or squirrel.
(US, especially, Southern US) An animal which is eaten by poor people during hard times, especially an armadillo or jackrabbit, but also a possum or squirrel.
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One who, or that which, hogs.
(US, historical) An empty floursack or similar makeshift bag used by impoverished families to hold belongings or food during the Great Depression.
(chiefly, New World) Any species or cultivar of potato or sweet potato so disagreeable in taste and/or small that it is preferedly employed to feed pigs.
(chiefly, UK, Ireland) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
(Caribbean, dated, obsolete) Any types of plants used as food for pigs.