hogg

hogg [hawg, hog] Examples noun British.

1. hog(def 5).

Hogg [hog] noun

1. Jamesthe Ettrick Shepherd, 1770–1835, Scottish poet.

Examples from the Web for hogg Contemporary Examples of hogg

“Shocked would be the wrong word, but people were highly surprised, because of his skin color,” Hogg says.

Barack Obama’s Irish Roots

Tom Sykes

April 14, 2011

Historical Examples of hogg

Tell him I was very glad to hear of two of my boys, English and Hogg.

General Gordon

J. Wardle

Shelley and Hogg seem almost to have lived in reality the life of the Scholar Gipsy.

Oxford

Andrew Lang

Mr. Hogg sometimes complains that undergraduates were left too much alone.

Oxford

Andrew Lang

In some ways I dislike the name of Marmaduke as much as Hogg.

Ladies-In-Waiting

Kate Douglas Wiggin

When coupled with Hogg it loses what little distinction it might have had by itself.

Ladies-In-Waiting

Kate Douglas Wiggin

British Dictionary definitions for hogg hogg noun

1. an uncastrated male pig
2. a sheep of either sex aged between birth and second shearing

Hogg noun

1. James, known as the Ettrick Shepherd. 1770–1835, Scottish poet and writer. His works include the volume of poems The Queen’s Wake (1813) and the novel The Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
2. Quintin See Hailsham of St Marylebone