hedgy-boar
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A hedgy-boar.
Alternative forms
- hedgyboar
Noun
hedgy-boar (plural hedgy-boars)
- (Devon and Cornwall, now rare) A hedgehog.
- c. 1860, Tregellas, John Tabois, “California”, in Cornish Tales, page 67:
- Aw loar! the owld gipsies what do live 'pon hedgyboors and that soort of mait, was more betterer off then we wor was regaard to livin'.
- 2011, Ghosh, Amitav, River of Smoke (Ibis Trilogy; 2):
- Billy was a forthy fellow, prickly as a hedgyboar.
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Related terms
- hedge-boar
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