pig-dog

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a dog used in hunting wild pigs.

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' c. ii.p. 6:

«The pig-dogs are of rather a mongrel breed, partaking largelyof the bull-dog, but mixed with the cross of mastiff andgreyhound, which forms the New South Wales kangaroo-dog» [q.v.]

1877. R. Gillies, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'vol. x. art. xliii. p. 321:

«A pig-dog of the bull-terrier breed.»

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