pig

pig
   a police officer
   An ancient form of abuse noted by Grose. Pigfeet is less common but no less offensive:
    ... they'd tell the pig-feet if they came asking around. (Lyall, 1982)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • PIG — (Heb. חֲזִיר, ḥazir). Included in the Pentateuch among the unclean animals prohibited as food is the pig which, although cloven footed, is a nonruminant (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 16:8). It is the sole unclean animal mentioned as possessing these… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Pig — steht für: Parlamentsinformationsgesetz, Gesetze, die die Informationspflichten der Landesregierung gegenüber dem Landtag zum Gegenstand haben PIG Stadtmagazin, in Göppingen Pig (engl. Schwein) steht für: Blodwyn Pig, eine britische Rockgruppe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pig — [pig] n. pl. pigs or pig [ME pigge, orig., young pig (replacing OE swin) < OE * picga, as in picgbread, mast, pig s food] 1. any swine, esp. the unweaned young of the thick bodied domesticated species (Sus scrofa): see HOG (sense 1) 2. meat… …   English World dictionary

  • Pig — Pig, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. Two pigges in a poke. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any wild species of the genus {Sus}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • PIG — steht für: Parlamentsinformationsgesetz, Gesetze, die die Informationspflichten der Landesregierung gegenüber dem Landtag zum Gegenstand haben PIG Stadtmagazin, in Göppingen proximales (körpernahes) Interphalangealgelenk Pig (engl. Schwein) steht …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pig — ► NOUN 1) a domesticated mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout, kept for its meat. 2) a wild animal related to the domestic pig. 3) informal a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person. 4) informal, derogatory a police officer. 5) an oblong… …   English terms dictionary

  • pig — (n.) probably from O.E. *picg, found in compounds, ultimate origin unknown. Originally young pig (the word for adults was swine). Another Old English word for pig was fearh, related to furh furrow, from PIE *perk dig, furrow (Cf. L. porc us pig,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • pig|gy — «PIHG ee», noun, plural gies, adjective, gi|er, gi|est. –n. a little pig. –adj. like a pig; piggish: »Henry VIII…is even piggier (Punch) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pig — Pig, n. A piggin. [Written also {pigg}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pig — Pig, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pigging}.] 1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow. [1913 Webster] 2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pig — der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. pig> (ugs. abwertend) Polizist …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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