Word: pigging
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...oldtime schoolboy technique where one blithe spirit would put a pig in the Bursar's office and none but the pig would "squeal"-what of that technique, where Hardihood was learned through punishment and Eternal Friendships were bound with bonds of silence...
...human attribute, and according to Aristotle happiness is relative to the exercise of this function. Certainly the educated and cultured man, whether rightly or not, feels that his life is preferable to that of the most comfortable and opulent moron. The choice of being Socrates unhappy or a contented pig is not a tactful problem to present to the business sceptic. The college, then, justifies its existence to a graduate, in presenting him with a complete education. It is mrely fortunate that the presence of these educated men has, even indirectly, such constructive results on society that it may convince...
...gives a tinker's dam whether or not a pig in Shelby, N. C., slobbers on James Ledbetter...
...best blood in the service You'll find on the old pig boat...
...Shelby, N. C., one James Ledbetter, 7 years old, was nursing a small pig with a bottle. First the pig slobbered gently upon the hand of George Ledbetter. Then the pig became hungry and began to squeal. James Ledbetter pinched the pig's nose, cuffed the pig's ear, pulled the pig's tail, used a bad word. Then he smacked the pig's nose with all his might. At this the pig squealed more loudly and sadly. James Ledbetter went into his grandfather's house, seized a large rifle, pushed the muzzle close...