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Hogg

UK/hɒɡ/ US/hɑɡ/ uncommon

noun

1.

Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)

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2.

a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

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Origin

From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.

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