trenchermen

noun

plural of trencherman
as in feasters

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  1. hogs
  2. pigs
  3. cormorants
Noun
  • The issue has historically been politically taboo to avoid pointing fingers at the powerful agricultural industry in Iowa, one of the country’s top producers of corn, soybeans and hogs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The issue has historically been politically taboo for fear of pointing fingers at the powerful agricultural industry in Iowa, one of the country's top producers of corn, soybeans and hogs.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of hogs
Noun
  • Actress Samantha Morton, who played Circe, molded the men into pigs using animatronics and other effects.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Calderon agrees that the price of pigs feet could be an issue.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of pigs
Noun
  • In the latest case, Haggerty and Caroline Petrow-Cohen report for The Times, dozens of dead cormorants washed ashore on Venice Beach.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Brown pelicans, double-crested cormorants, western gulls, and more than two dozen other species stop over on Anacapa.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of cormorants
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