porket
English
Etymology
Diminutive of French porc. See pork.
Noun
porket (plural porkets)
- (archaic) A young hog; a pig.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of John Dryden to this entry?)
- 1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England
- […] his yards abound with poultry, and his fields with flocks and herds of kids, lambs, and porkets.