as in hog
one who eats greedily or too much
all-you-can-eat buffets seem to encourage some people to become shameless pigs
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Recent Examples of pig
On May 20, a Food Safety and Inspection Service inspector saw a pig lying in the blood pit, a drainage area under the kill floor, at the Ruwaldt Packing Co.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
And all the farm animals — several types, including goats, alpacas, pigs and others — that rescuers removed from the property have been relocated to Humane Farming Association’s Suwanna Ranch in Elk Creek, about 100 miles south of Redding.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026
The Onion’s daily talkshow, and Porkin’ Across America, a food travel show in which — spoiler — Haggerty eventually turns into a pig.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 18 June 2026
The store will be playing the match and will have meat pies, pigs in blankets and other snacks.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
And all the farm animals — several types, including goats, alpacas, pigs and others — that rescuers removed from the property have been relocated to Humane Farming Association’s Suwanna Ranch in Elk Creek, about 100 miles south of Redding.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026
The Onion’s daily talkshow, and Porkin’ Across America, a food travel show in which — spoiler — Haggerty eventually turns into a pig.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 18 June 2026
The store will be playing the match and will have meat pies, pigs in blankets and other snacks.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig
hog
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Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming, homicide cases, state and local government and more.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2026
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Worked our way up to some Montana survival food……AKA, hog ribs!—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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“Pig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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