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shoat

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shoat also shote  (sht)
n.
A young pig just after weaning.
[Middle English shote, perhaps of Middle Low German origin.]
shoat, shote [ʃəʊt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a piglet that has recently been weaned
[related to West Flemish schote]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shoatshoat - a young pig                          
piggy, piglet, shote
young mammal - any immature mammal
genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae
sucking pig - an unweaned piglet
Translations
shoat
n (US: = piglet) → Ferkel nt, → junges Schwein


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When he returned, the big, kindly man came with him, and in Martin's arms there squealed and wriggled a shoat.
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One of them swung me to his shoulder as lightly as if I had been a shoat.
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A swine of God fattened upon the sweat of such poor honest devils as we, and a young shoat who, by his looks, must have pieces of gold in his belt.
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