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单词 hog waller
释义

hog waller

See also: hogwaller

English

Etymology

From hog + waller (pig bed), akin to hog island and hog town, late 19th century. It appears to have developed as a portrayal of some parts of the American rural South no later than 1915, when a syndicated column called The Hogwallow News can be documented as running in some American newspapers.

Noun

hog waller (plural hog wallers)

  1. (slang, US, derogatory) Any poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.

Alternative forms

  • hogwaller

Synonyms

  • Podunk
  • hog-wallowing
  • hog island
  • hog town

References

  • hog waller; hog island, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, by Jonathon Green, 2nd edition, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.: 2005, →ISBN.
  • Sorensen, Adam (2007-11-29), “Where's the pork? The rise and fall of the Hogwaller name”, in The Hook (newspaper), Charlottesville, retrieved 2008-02-24
  • "Where's the pork? The rise and fall of the Hogwaller name"
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