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whole hog

[hohl hawg, hog] / ˈhoʊl ˈhɔg, ˈhɒg /
NOUN
fullest extent
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With over $150,000 in prize money to be awarded, 129 cooking teams from 22 states and four foreign countries are competing in one of three main categories of ribs, shoulder and whole hog.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

With three young kids and soaring meat costs, Logan Wagoner decided it was time to go whole hog.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2022

And, if you really want to go the whole hog, you can uninstall it.

From The Verge • Sep. 23, 2021

He turns out the kind of giant beef ribs and dark, jiggly briskets that help to define Central Texas barbecue, but he also serves whole hog barbecue on the weekends, and ages quail and duck.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

Now that she had found her own things, she wanted to go the whole hog and pick out things for the boys, too.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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