long pig
Use Long pig in a sentencelong pig
noun
(among the Maori and Polynesian peoples) human flesh as food for cannibals.
Origin:
1850–55
1850–55
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| long pig | |
| —n | |
| obsolete human flesh eaten by cannibals | |
| [translation of a Māori and Polynesian term] | |
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Long pig
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
Recently, the sixth graders had their final lab of the year, in which they focused on dissecting a three-foot-long pig.
We've got a long pig-iron poniard with a fingerprint-proof handle made of tightly wrapped string.
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