pig bucket en · NOUN
Meanings
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(New-Zealand) A bucket (or similar receptacle) used to collect kitchen waste to be used as pig fodder.
I have many a time seen large portions of quartern loaves, pieces of meat, bones, potatoes, etc., in the pig-bucket in the scullery.
1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 122:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pig buckets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |