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porky
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pork·y 1  (pôrk, pr-)
adj. pork·i·er, pork·i·est
1. Of or like pork: a porky flavor.
2. Slang Fat or corpulent.
porki·ness n.
por·ky 2  (pôrk, pr-)
n. pl. por·kies Informal
A porcupine.
[Shortening and alteration of porcupine.]
porky1
adj porkier, porkiest
1. (Cookery) belonging to or characteristic of pork a porky smell
2. Informal fat; obese
porkiness  n
porky2
n pl porkies
Brit slang a lie Also called pork pie
[from rhyming slang pork pie lie]
Translations
porky [ˈpɔːkɪ]
A. ADJ → gordo, gordinflón
B. N (Brit) (= lie) → bola f, mentira f
porky1 (inf)
adj (+er) (= fat) → fett
n → Schwindelei f
porky2
n (US inf) → Stachelschwein nt
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