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porket

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
por-ket
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England

Archaic

noun

1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England: […] his yards abound with poultry, and his fields with flocks and herds of kids, lambs, and porkets.

Archaic

Etymology

Diminutive of French porc. See pork.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

porkets (plural) A piglet (canonical) especially one that is to be raised to produce pork. (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

porklet

Questions

What does porket mean?
1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England
Where does porket come from?
It is traced to French.

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