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hog train

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
hog -train
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A train for transporting pigs.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

A train of a class which is used by the poor and tramps.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

Any means of getting by cheap when travelling, budget transport.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

Little expense in life, the life or existence of a tramp.

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

From hog + train. First use appears c. 1850 in the New-York Daily Tribune.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Finance.

Inflected Forms

hog trains (plural) hog-train (alternative) hogtrain (alternative)

Phrases

high on the hog on the hog on the hog train

Questions

What does hog train mean?
A train for transporting pigs.
Where does hog train come from?
From hog + train. First use appears c. 1850 in the New-York Daily Tribune.

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