hedgepig
English

A hedgepig
Noun
hedgepig (plural hedgepigs)
- (Berkshire and Oxfordshire) A hedgehog.
- a. 1606, Shakespeare, William, Macbeth, act 4, scene 1, line 2:
- Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined.
- 1855, Kingsley, Charles, “Clovelly Court in the Olden Time”, in Westward Ho!, fourth edition, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, published 1857, page 91:
- That sheeted heifer of Prowse’s is all wrong; her coat stares like a hedgepig's. Tell Jewell to go up and bring her in before night.
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References
- Upton, Clive (2006) An Atlas of English Dialects, →ISBN, Hedgehog, page 137
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