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And an old favorite, the Shakespeare insult generator, thou dissembling, doghearted boar-pig!
More Weirdness from the Webosphere jimvanpelt 2007
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Danish "Yule Boar," a loaf in the form of a boar-pig, which stands on the table throughout the festal season.
Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles
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Then in a courageous voice he recounted all his deeds in order, and at the end of his recital added the following sentence: "If the porkers knew the punishment of the boar-pig, surely they would break into the sty and hasten to loose him from his affliction."
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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The boar-pig gnawed at the forehead, shoulders and arms of the man who was feeding him.
My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930
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It was a new, huge boar-pig that had been brought in to improve the entire herd of pigs.
My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930
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In Sweden and Denmark at Yule (Christmas) it is the custom to bake a loaf in the form of a boar-pig.
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In Sweden and Denmark at Yule (Christmas) it is the custom to bake a loaf in the form of a boar-pig.
Chapter 48. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal. § 9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow) 1922
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"No," says Jurgen, obstinately, "I do not wish to be turned into a boar-pig."
Jurgen A Comedy of Justice James Branch Cabell 1918
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Thou whoreson little tidy Bartholomew boar-pig, when wilt thou leave fighting o days, and foining o nights, and begin to patch up thine old body for heaven?
Act II. Scene IV. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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In Sweden and Denmark at Yule (Christmas) it is the custom to bake a loaf in the form of a boar-pig.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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