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hog-reeve
ˈhog-reeve U.S. [f. hog n.1 + reeve.] An officer charged with the prevention or appraising of damages by stray swine; a field-driver. Formerly a town officer in New England; the office is now merely nominal.1759 Amherst Rec. (1884) 21/1 Joseph Clark..John Petty sworn Hog Riffs. 1780 Ibid. 77/2 Voted...
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Hog reeve
A hog reeve or hogreeve, hog-reeve, hog constable is a Colonial New England term for a person charged with the prevention or appraising of damages by stray
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hog
▪ I. hog, n.1 (hɒg) Also 4(?)–6 hogge, 6– hogg. [First exemplified c 1340, but the derivative hoggaster occurs c 1175: origin unknown. The word may possibly be contained in the OE. place-names Hocgestán (Hogston) and Hocgetwistle; but this is hardly likely. The conjecture that ME. hog represented Co...
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hog-reeve meaning in Chinese - ichacha.net
hog-reeve in Chinese : [网络] 猪肉 …. click for more detailed Chinese translation, meaning, pronunciation and example sentences.
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