See porky on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2000, Warner Shedd, “A “Pig,” Perhaps, but Not a Hog: The Porcupine”, in Owls Aren’t Wise & Bats Aren’t Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, page 52:",
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"ref": "2021, Ron Paliskis, “The Beasts at the lake”, in Ron: A Coke Alley Boy, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, section “Porcupines”, page 59:",
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