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View synonyms for shoat
shoat
[ shoht ]
shoat
/ ʃəʊt /
noun
- a piglet that has recently been weaned
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shoat1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English shote; cognate with dialectal Dutch schote
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shoat1
C15: related to West Flemish schote
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Example Sentences
We purchased a shoat from the matron of that domicile, who made us a stew that would have done credit to the Maypole Inn.
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I see 'em when ma opened the door; and Marthy says one of 'em got currants in it, and there's a little shoat thar roasted whole.
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Takes care of the cows and pigs, sleeps with 'em, or so handy by he could hear if a shoat had the teethache, or like that.
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I wish it were honest American boiled fowl, with a delicate bit of shoat-pork alongside of it.
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Panting heavily, Jim regarded the shoat, which in turn looked back at him with insolent contempt.
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