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hogget

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Meaning

  1. noun A young sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
    They sent a lorryload of hoggets to the auction mart, and they will keep the rest for their own flock.
  2. noun The meat of a young sheep.
    They make a delicious dinner special of hogget. It is made with rosemary and mint.
  3. noun (Can we verify this sense?) A young swine of the second year.
    The monastery's records showed not only how many swine were raised each year but also their disposition, categorized by boars, sows, hoggets, and porklings.

Similar words

hogg hog hoggaster tegg shoat knobbler knobber lamb shote hornotine

Often followed by

and wool

Word family

hoggets

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