Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pig in a blanket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
pig in a blan-ket
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small sausage, usually a short hot dog, wrapped in dough and baked.

American usage

noun

A (generally pork) sausage wrapped in bacon, most common at Christmas.

British usage

noun

An oyster wrapped in bacon.

noun

An uncircumcised penis.

Slang

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Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

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What does pig in a blanket mean?
A small sausage, usually a short hot dog, wrapped in dough and baked.

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