"drive one's pigs to market" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: drives one's pigs to market [present, singular, third-person], driving one's pigs to market [participle, present], drove one's pigs to market [past], driven one's pigs to market [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|drive<,,drove,driven> one's pigs to market}} drive one's pigs to market (third-person singular simple present drives one's pigs to market, present participle driving one's pigs to market, simple past drove one's pigs to market, past participle driven one's pigs to market)
  1. (slang) To snore very loudly. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-drive_one's_pigs_to_market-en-verb-3RgE2-oM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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