'A pig in a poke' definitions:

Definition of 'A pig in a poke'

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  • Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[imac]ka.]
  • 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low] [1913 Webster]
  • Masked pig. (Zool.) See under Masked.
  • Pig bed (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.
  • Pig iron, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4.
  • Pig yoke (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant.
  • A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

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