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porky
1[ pawr-kee, pohr- ]
porky
2[ pawr-kee, pohr- ]
noun
- a porcupine.
porky
1/ ˈpɔːkɪ /
noun
- slang.a lie Also calledpork pie
porky
2/ ˈpɔːkɪ /
adjective
- belonging to or characteristic of pork
a porky smell
- informal.fat; obese
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Derived Forms
- ˈporkiness, noun
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Other Words From
- porki·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of porky2
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Origin of porky1
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Example Sentences
Porky Pig, “Blue Christmas” Who says there are no new Christmas classics?
We do care about “all those little, tiny, yes, porky amendments.”
We do care about "all those little, tiny, yes, porky amendments."
The proliferation of bacon in non-traditional arenas has been swift and extra-porky.
Porky pulled out his check-book and begun to scribble with one of them squirt-gun pens.
Then the black nose and little dull eyes of Prickly Porky the Porcupine appeared.
So, as he hurried away from the neighborhood of Prickly Porky and his thousand little spears, he was in a bad temper.
Prickly Porky stopped eating and looked down at her suspiciously, but just the same he felt pleased.
Prickly Porky had started down the tree before Granny finished speaking, and his usually dull eyes actually looked bright.
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