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Shoat N Young Pig Weaned Nature Studies Enchanted

Word shoat
Definition n. A young pig, especially weaned.
Sentence There would have been nature studies [in the Enchanted Hunters] – a tiger pursuing a bird of paradise, a choking snake sheathing whole the flayed trunk of a shoat.
Source Lolita, I.30, p. 142

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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