shoat

Example Sentences

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The sow had it by the neck, and the shoat had the tail.

From Time Magazine Archive

She asserted that he was the father of her son, a pimple-faced shoat who, whenever he saw his alleged progenitor, would grunt: "Hello, Daddy!"

From Time Magazine Archive

They may not know a shoat from a gilt, but they do know that when pork gets to a supermarket, sausage is cheaper per serving than spareribs.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was just such enthusiasm to launch non-paint products that had made Glidden grow as fast as an ABC-and-X-fed shoat.

From Time Magazine Archive

The least little old biting shoat could make her take cover.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson