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pig's ear en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable) The cooked ear of a pig, as used in a number of cuisines around the world.
2. (Cockney, slang) Beer.
   • While the Cockney landlord was putting the question: “Now, gentlemen, what is it—pig's ear, a needle an' pin, or a pimple an' blotch?” (beer, a drop of gin or a thimble of Scotch) one of the larky friends released the monkey from its chain. 1944, Country Life, volume 96, page 769:
   • The Indian breweries were producing rather more than 6 million gallons of beer annually: 3 million gallons of it was drunk by the British soldiery, who called it 'neck-oil', 'purge', or 'pig's ear', […] 2010, Jan Morris, Pax Britannica, page 338:
3. A succulent of the genus Cotyledon.

Deriveds

make a pig's ear of

Translations (4)

de Schweinsohr (cooked ear of a pig) · cmn 豬耳 /猪耳 (cooked ear of a pig) · cmn 豬耳朵 /猪耳朵 (cooked ear of a pig) · fi possunkorva (cooked ear of a pig)