See tantony pig on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "Contraction of Saint Anthony's pig in honour of St Anthony, patron saint of swineherds, frequently shown with a little pig by his side. For the phonetic evolution, compare tawdry.", "forms": [ { "form": "tantony pigs", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "tantony pig (plural tantony pigs)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1935, Wystan Hugh Auden, O What Is That Sound Which So Thrills The Ear:", "text": "And to follow the delicious breeze like a tantony pig .", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1838, Benjamin Webster, Acting National Drama:", "text": "I'm not going to tankety-tankety after his tail, like a Tantony pig any more.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1984, Richard Fitzneale, Dialogus De Scaccario: The Course of the Exchequer and Constitutio Domus Regis (the Establishment of the Royal Household):", "text": "This system (which had the disadvantage of discouraging good farming, since the worst animal — the 'Tantony pig' — counted for as much as the best) was only applicable when the court was in constant progress.", "type": "quote" }, { "text": "2002, Murray J Levith, Shakespeare's Merchant and Marlowe's Other Play in The Merchant of Venice: Critical Essays, ed John Mahon, Ellen MacLeod Mahon\nA “Tantony pig” is the smallest of a litter, a detail that might recall Antonio's description of himself in Shakespeare's play as the “tainted wether of the flock\"." } ], "glosses": [ "The favourite or smallest pig in the litter." ], "id": "en-tantony_pig-en-noun-PH1Tol9z", "raw_glosses": [ "(obsolete, slang) The favourite or smallest pig in the litter." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "Anthony pig" }, { "word": "tantony" }, { "word": "Anthony" } ], "tags": [ "obsolete", "slang" ] } ], "word": "tantony pig" }
{ "etymology_text": "Contraction of Saint Anthony's pig in honour of St Anthony, patron saint of swineherds, frequently shown with a little pig by his side. For the phonetic evolution, compare tawdry.", "forms": [ { "form": "tantony pigs", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "tantony pig (plural tantony pigs)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English eponyms", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English nouns", "English slang", "English terms with obsolete senses", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1935, Wystan Hugh Auden, O What Is That Sound Which So Thrills The Ear:", "text": "And to follow the delicious breeze like a tantony pig .", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1838, Benjamin Webster, Acting National Drama:", "text": "I'm not going to tankety-tankety after his tail, like a Tantony pig any more.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1984, Richard Fitzneale, Dialogus De Scaccario: The Course of the Exchequer and Constitutio Domus Regis (the Establishment of the Royal Household):", "text": "This system (which had the disadvantage of discouraging good farming, since the worst animal — the 'Tantony pig' — counted for as much as the best) was only applicable when the court was in constant progress.", "type": "quote" }, { "text": "2002, Murray J Levith, Shakespeare's Merchant and Marlowe's Other Play in The Merchant of Venice: Critical Essays, ed John Mahon, Ellen MacLeod Mahon\nA “Tantony pig” is the smallest of a litter, a detail that might recall Antonio's description of himself in Shakespeare's play as the “tainted wether of the flock\"." } ], "glosses": [ "The favourite or smallest pig in the litter." ], "raw_glosses": [ "(obsolete, slang) The favourite or smallest pig in the litter." ], "tags": [ "obsolete", "slang" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "Anthony pig" }, { "word": "tantony" }, { "word": "Anthony" } ], "word": "tantony pig" }
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