"tantony pig" meaning in English

{
  "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.",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1838, Benjamin Webster, Acting National Drama",
          "text": "I'm not going to tankety-tankety after his tail, like a Tantony pig any more.",
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        },
        {
          "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.",
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          "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\"."
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      "glosses": [
        "The favourite or smallest pig in the litter."
      ],
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        "(obsolete, slang) The favourite or smallest pig in the litter."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Anthony pig"
        },
        {
          "word": "tantony"
        },
        {
          "word": "Anthony"
        }
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
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  "word": "tantony pig"
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  "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.",
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          "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 .",
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        },
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          "ref": "1838, Benjamin Webster, Acting National Drama",
          "text": "I'm not going to tankety-tankety after his tail, like a Tantony pig any more.",
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        },
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          "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.",
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        "The favourite or smallest pig in the litter."
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        "(obsolete, slang) The favourite or smallest pig in the litter."
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    {
      "word": "Anthony pig"
    },
    {
      "word": "tantony"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anthony"
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  "word": "tantony pig"
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