English Explanatory Dictionary

swinehound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of pig dog (“dog bred to hunt wild or feral pigs”).

Word forms

swinehound swinehounds swine-hound

Etymology

From swine + hound, a direct calque of German Schweinehund.

Synonyms

pig dog
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