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noun pork·er \ ˈpȯr-kər \

Definition of porker

1 :hog; especially :a young pig fattened for table use as fresh pork

2 :one resembling a fattened pig :fatty

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The premise involves a major company that claims to have bred the aforementioned porkers -- elephant-sized creatures that will help feed a starving world.

— brian lowry, CNN, "Netflix's 'Okja' tripped by odd tone, over-cooked message," 28 June 2017
Also popular is the Double Porker featuring pork tenderloin with fried bacon, topped with beer cheese and served on a ciabatta bun with chips.

— jessi virtusio, Post-Tribune, "Pokro Brewing Company features Polish fare, house-made beer," 21 June 2017
This year is the start of a markedly upward trend again — count on values rising again next year — and it’s on taxpayers to keep government porkers from getting so obese that they might be considered ...

— lauren ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Keep government porkers from raking in more tax dollars in booming economy," 2 June 2017
With the help of more pigs, some dogs that Napoleon raised from a litter of puppies, and a propagandist porker named Squealer, Napoleon promises to make Animal Farm great again.

— mercury news readers, The Mercury News, "May 14 Letters: Comey firing demands special prosecutor," 14 May 2017
Monday, April 17 through Saturday, April 22 Go see the baby animals at Centennial Farm: The farm’s 600-pound porker, Miss Hammilton (yes, that’s her name) just gave birth to a new litter of piglets.

— marla jo fisher, Orange County Register, "5 free things to do this week (April 16-22)," 16 Apr. 2017
The swimming pigs of Exuma to be exact, a group of porkers on a small island called Big Major Cay, who over the years have taken up the hobby of paddling around in the area’s crystal blue waters.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "What Killed More Than Half a Dozen of the Bahamas’ Swimming Pigs?," 7 Mar. 2017
The prize-winning porkers were not in residence, thank goodness, but their memory lingered on.

— bulletin board, Twin Cities, "Sunday Bulletin Board: Life as clown alley knew it — or: When a white clown fell in love with a black showgirl . . .," 26 Feb. 2017

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