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cold pig en · NOUN

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Meanings

  1. (dated, slang) The act of throwing cold water over a sleeping individual to wake them.
    • Pedestres tossed off the clothes and jumped out of bed as if they had dealt him a "cold pig:" — he bounced between them all to the other side of the room, and hastily thrust himself into that which was offered to him. 1836, Pedestres (pseud.), Sir Clavileno Woodenpeg (knight of Snowdon, pseud.), A pedestrian tour of thirteen hundred and forty-seven miles through Wales and England (page 270)

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cold pigs Number=Plur lexicographic

cold pig en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (dated, slang, transitive) To throw cold water all over a sleeping individual's bed and body to wake them.

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cold pigs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cold pigged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cold pigged Tense=Past lexicographic
cold pigging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic