porky
Example Sentences
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"I thought: 'Uh-oh. David’s told me a porky pie here,'" Underwood says.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024
It screams with fiery spices and sweet and salty seasonings to ensure you augment each porky bite with spoonfuls of rice.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023
Austin recalled, “He was telling a porky pie,” and laughed, using Cockney rhyming slang for a lie.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022
While it doesn't have that deep porky smokiness of a long-simmered pozole rojo, the Panera chicken tortilla soup hits all the right notes for a satisfying nod to Mexican-inspired flavors.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2022
That’s probably why I’ve been getting kind of porky.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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