Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hogringer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hogringer
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who puts rings into the snouts of pigs.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The office of hogringer was a yearly one and the appointment was made at the Court Leet. The hogringer had to go to the commons and see that all the swine had rings in their noses to prevent them rooting up the turf."

Etymology

From hog + ringer.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

hogringers (plural)

Questions

What does hogringer mean?: One who puts rings into the snouts of pigs.
Where does hogringer come from?: From hog + ringer.

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