swineflesh en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swinflesch, equivalent to swine + flesh. Compare German Schweinefleisch (“pork”), Danish svineflæsk.
Meanings
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(archaic, literary, uncountable) The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.
If Malaga fell, then the Alhambra must also pass into the hands of the "eaters of swineflesh."
1886, Stanley Lane-Poole, The story of the Moors in Spain:"Don't you know, you giaour dog, the thing e'en more repellent than swineflesh to a virtuous daughter of Islam?
1943, Edison Marshall, Great Smith: Issue 689:“Abstain from swineflesh, blood, things offered to idols, and carrion”
2007, James D. Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty:He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah.
2010, Kai Borrmann, Jews in the Quran:Eumaeus carved the swineflesh, giving the best portion to Odysseus whom he treated as the guest of honor.
1918, Padraic Colum, Homer, The children's Homer:
Forms
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| swine-flesh | alternative | lexicographic | |
| swine flesh | alternative | lexicographic |